assouvir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assōpīre (“satisfy”), from Latin sōpīre (“to sleep”) (influenced by Old French assevir (“attain”)). Doublet of assoupir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.su.viʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

assouvir

  1. (transitive) to satisfy, assuage (hunger, passion, etc.)
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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 assouvir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple assouvir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple assouvissant
/a.su.vi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle assouvi
/a.su.vi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present assouvis
/a.su.vi/		 assouvis
/a.su.vi/		 assouvit
/a.su.vi/		 assouvissons
/a.su.vi.sɔ̃/		 assouvissez
/a.su.vi.se/		 assouvissent
/a.su.vis/
imperfect assouvissais
/a.su.vi.sɛ/		 assouvissais
/a.su.vi.sɛ/		 assouvissait
/a.su.vi.sɛ/		 assouvissions
/a.su.vi.sjɔ̃/		 assouvissiez
/a.su.vi.sje/		 assouvissaient
/a.su.vi.sɛ/
past historic2 assouvis
/a.su.vi/		 assouvis
/a.su.vi/		 assouvit
/a.su.vi/		 assouvîmes
/a.su.vim/		 assouvîtes
/a.su.vit/		 assouvirent
/a.su.viʁ/
future assouvirai
/a.su.vi.ʁe/		 assouviras
/a.su.vi.ʁa/		 assouvira
/a.su.vi.ʁa/		 assouvirons
/a.su.vi.ʁɔ̃/		 assouvirez
/a.su.vi.ʁe/		 assouviront
/a.su.vi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional assouvirais
/a.su.vi.ʁɛ/		 assouvirais
/a.su.vi.ʁɛ/		 assouvirait
/a.su.vi.ʁɛ/		 assouvirions
/a.su.vi.ʁjɔ̃/		 assouviriez
/a.su.vi.ʁje/		 assouviraient
/a.su.vi.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 assouvisse
/a.su.vis/		 assouvisses
/a.su.vis/		 assouvisse
/a.su.vis/		 assouvissions
/a.su.vi.sjɔ̃/		 assouvissiez
/a.su.vi.sje/		 assouvissent
/a.su.vis/
imperfect2 assouvisse
/a.su.vis/		 assouvisses
/a.su.vis/		 assouvît
/a.su.vi/		 assouvissions
/a.su.vi.sjɔ̃/		 assouvissiez
/a.su.vi.sje/		 assouvissent
/a.su.vis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — assouvis
/a.su.vi/		 — assouvissons
/a.su.vi.sɔ̃/		 assouvissez
/a.su.vi.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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