abasourdir

French

Etymology

Corruption of ab + assourdir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.ba.zuʁ.diʁ/, (proscribed but common) /a.ba.suʁ.diʁ/
  • (file)

Verb

abasourdir

  1. to dumbfound; to baffle; to astonish
  2. to stun or daze with a loud sound

Usage notes

  • It is fairly uncommon to conjugate this verb. It is usually used as an adjectival part participle or in compound forms.

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-.

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