refroidir

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ froidir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.fʁwa.diʁ/
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Verb

refroidir

  1. to lower the temperature of; to cool
  2. (reflexive or intransitive) to become cooler; to lose heat; to cool down
  3. to become less active; to cool down, cool off
  4. (transitive) to strongly reduce or diminish something such as interest, zeal, etc.
  5. (slang) to ice, to murder

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of refroidir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple refroidir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple refroidissant
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle refroidi
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/ 		refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/ 		refroidit
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/ 		refroidissons
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ 		refroidissez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.se/ 		refroidissent
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/
imperfect refroidissais
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɛ/ 		refroidissais
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɛ/ 		refroidissait
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɛ/ 		refroidissions
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ 		refroidissiez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sje/ 		refroidissaient
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɛ/
past historic2 refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/ 		refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/ 		refroidit
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/ 		refroidîmes
/ʁə.fʁwa.dim/ 		refroidîtes
/ʁə.fʁwa.dit/ 		refroidirent
/ʁə.fʁwa.diʁ/
future refroidirai
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁe/ 		refroidiras
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁa/ 		refroidira
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁa/ 		refroidirons
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/ 		refroidirez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁe/ 		refroidiront
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional refroidirais
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ 		refroidirais
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ 		refroidirait
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/ 		refroidirions
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁjɔ̃/ 		refroidiriez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁje/ 		refroidiraient
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present refroidisse
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/ 		refroidisses
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/ 		refroidisse
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/ 		refroidissions
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ 		refroidissiez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sje/ 		refroidissent
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/
imperfect2 refroidisse
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/ 		refroidisses
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/ 		refroidît
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/ 		refroidissions
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/ 		refroidissiez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sje/ 		refroidissent
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/ 		— refroidissons
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/ 		refroidissez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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