remplir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French remplir, from Old French remplir, from re- + emplir, which is itself from Vulgar Latin *implīre, from Latin implēre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.pliʁ/
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Verb

remplir

  1. to fill, to fill up (make full)
    Remplir la piscine avec de l’eau.
    To fill the pool with water.
  2. to fill in
    Veuillez remplir les blancs.
    Please fill in the blanks.
  3. to fulfil

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 remplir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple remplir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple remplissant
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rempli
/ʁɑ̃.pli/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present remplis
/ʁɑ̃.pli/ 		remplis
/ʁɑ̃.pli/ 		remplit
/ʁɑ̃.pli/ 		remplissons
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sɔ̃/ 		remplissez
/ʁɑ̃.pli.se/ 		remplissent
/ʁɑ̃.plis/
imperfect remplissais
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sɛ/ 		remplissais
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sɛ/ 		remplissait
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sɛ/ 		remplissions
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ 		remplissiez
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sje/ 		remplissaient
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sɛ/
past historic2 remplis
/ʁɑ̃.pli/ 		remplis
/ʁɑ̃.pli/ 		remplit
/ʁɑ̃.pli/ 		remplîmes
/ʁɑ̃.plim/ 		remplîtes
/ʁɑ̃.plit/ 		remplirent
/ʁɑ̃.pliʁ/
future remplirai
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁe/ 		rempliras
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁa/ 		remplira
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁa/ 		remplirons
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/ 		remplirez
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁe/ 		rempliront
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/
conditional remplirais
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ 		remplirais
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ 		remplirait
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁɛ/ 		remplirions
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rempliriez
/ʁɑ̃.pli.ʁje/ 		rempliraient
/ʁɑ̃.pli.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 remplisse
/ʁɑ̃.plis/ 		remplisses
/ʁɑ̃.plis/ 		remplisse
/ʁɑ̃.plis/ 		remplissions
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ 		remplissiez
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sje/ 		remplissent
/ʁɑ̃.plis/
imperfect2 remplisse
/ʁɑ̃.plis/ 		remplisses
/ʁɑ̃.plis/ 		remplît
/ʁɑ̃.pli/ 		remplissions
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/ 		remplissiez
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sje/ 		remplissent
/ʁɑ̃.plis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — remplis
/ʁɑ̃.pli/ 		— remplissons
/ʁɑ̃.pli.sɔ̃/ 		remplissez
/ʁɑ̃.pli.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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