assortir

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ sortir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.sɔʁ.tiʁ/
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Verb

assortir

  1. (transitive) to match, match up
  2. (transitive, of people) to pair up
  3. (transitive) to supply, stock up; to hook (someone) up with
  4. (reflexive) to match
    Ton t-shirt s’assortit à ton pantalon. ― Your teeshirt matches your trousers.

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 assortir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple assortir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple assortissant
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle assorti
/a.sɔʁ.ti/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present assortis
/a.sɔʁ.ti/		 assortis
/a.sɔʁ.ti/		 assortit
/a.sɔʁ.ti/		 assortissons
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sɔ̃/		 assortissez
/a.sɔʁ.ti.se/		 assortissent
/a.sɔʁ.tis/
imperfect assortissais
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sɛ/		 assortissais
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sɛ/		 assortissait
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sɛ/		 assortissions
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/		 assortissiez
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sje/		 assortissaient
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sɛ/
past historic2 assortis
/a.sɔʁ.ti/		 assortis
/a.sɔʁ.ti/		 assortit
/a.sɔʁ.ti/		 assortîmes
/a.sɔʁ.tim/		 assortîtes
/a.sɔʁ.tit/		 assortirent
/a.sɔʁ.tiʁ/
future assortirai
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁe/		 assortiras
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁa/		 assortira
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁa/		 assortirons
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/		 assortirez
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁe/		 assortiront
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional assortirais
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/		 assortirais
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/		 assortirait
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/		 assortirions
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/		 assortiriez
/a.sɔʁ.ti.ʁje/		 assortiraient
/a.sɔʁ.ti.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 assortisse
/a.sɔʁ.tis/		 assortisses
/a.sɔʁ.tis/		 assortisse
/a.sɔʁ.tis/		 assortissions
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/		 assortissiez
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sje/		 assortissent
/a.sɔʁ.tis/
imperfect2 assortisse
/a.sɔʁ.tis/		 assortisses
/a.sɔʁ.tis/		 assortît
/a.sɔʁ.ti/		 assortissions
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/		 assortissiez
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sje/		 assortissent
/a.sɔʁ.tis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — assortis
/a.sɔʁ.ti/		 — assortissons
/a.sɔʁ.ti.sɔ̃/		 assortissez
/a.sɔʁ.ti.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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