trahir

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French trahir < Old French traïr, itself from Latin trādō 'betray'.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tʁa.iʁ/
  • Hyphenation: tra‧hir
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Verb

trahir

  1. to betray
    Ils ne doivent pas trahir la confiance que nous avons placée en eux en commettant des actes de violence aveugle.
    They mustn't betray the trust we've placed in them by committing indiscriminate acts of violence.
  2. to give away, to reveal
    Son regard trahissait sa réprobation.
    His expression gave away his disapproval.

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 trahir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple trahir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple trahissant
/tʁa.i.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle trahi
/tʁa.i/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present trahis
/tʁa.i/ 		trahis
/tʁa.i/ 		trahit
/tʁa.i/ 		trahissons
/tʁa.i.sɔ̃/ 		trahissez
/tʁa.i.se/ 		trahissent
/tʁa.is/
imperfect trahissais
/tʁa.i.sɛ/ 		trahissais
/tʁa.i.sɛ/ 		trahissait
/tʁa.i.sɛ/ 		trahissions
/tʁa.i.sjɔ̃/ 		trahissiez
/tʁa.i.sje/ 		trahissaient
/tʁa.i.sɛ/
past historic2 trahis
/tʁa.i/ 		trahis
/tʁa.i/ 		trahit
/tʁa.i/ 		trahîmes
/tʁa.im/ 		trahîtes
/tʁa.it/ 		trahirent
/tʁa.iʁ/
future trahirai
/tʁa.i.ʁe/ 		trahiras
/tʁa.i.ʁa/ 		trahira
/tʁa.i.ʁa/ 		trahirons
/tʁa.i.ʁɔ̃/ 		trahirez
/tʁa.i.ʁe/ 		trahiront
/tʁa.i.ʁɔ̃/
conditional trahirais
/tʁa.i.ʁɛ/ 		trahirais
/tʁa.i.ʁɛ/ 		trahirait
/tʁa.i.ʁɛ/ 		trahirions
/tʁa.i.ʁjɔ̃/ 		trahiriez
/tʁa.i.ʁje/ 		trahiraient
/tʁa.i.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 trahisse
/tʁa.is/ 		trahisses
/tʁa.is/ 		trahisse
/tʁa.is/ 		trahissions
/tʁa.i.sjɔ̃/ 		trahissiez
/tʁa.i.sje/ 		trahissent
/tʁa.is/
imperfect2 trahisse
/tʁa.is/ 		trahisses
/tʁa.is/ 		trahît
/tʁa.i/ 		trahissions
/tʁa.i.sjɔ̃/ 		trahissiez
/tʁa.i.sje/ 		trahissent
/tʁa.is/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — trahis
/tʁa.i/ 		— trahissons
/tʁa.i.sɔ̃/ 		trahissez
/tʁa.i.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).

Further reading

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Verb

trahir

  1. Obsolete spelling of trair.

Conjugation

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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