envahir

French

Etymology

From Old French envaïr, from Vulgar Latin *invādīre, from Latin invādere.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.va.iʁ/
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Verb

envahir

  1. to invade
    Les forces américaines ont envahi le territoire iraquien.
    The American Forces have invaded the Iraqi territory.
  2. to stretch, to overgrow, to fill
  3. to come over (someone) or wash over (someone), as a feeling
    Une immense solitude t’envahit.
    A tremendous loneliness comes over you.

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 envahir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple envahir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple envahissant
/ɑ̃.va.i.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle envahi
/ɑ̃.va.i/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present envahis
/ɑ̃.va.i/		 envahis
/ɑ̃.va.i/		 envahit
/ɑ̃.va.i/		 envahissons
/ɑ̃.va.i.sɔ̃/		 envahissez
/ɑ̃.va.i.se/		 envahissent
/ɑ̃.va.is/
imperfect envahissais
/ɑ̃.va.i.sɛ/		 envahissais
/ɑ̃.va.i.sɛ/		 envahissait
/ɑ̃.va.i.sɛ/		 envahissions
/ɑ̃.va.i.sjɔ̃/		 envahissiez
/ɑ̃.va.i.sje/		 envahissaient
/ɑ̃.va.i.sɛ/
past historic2 envahis
/ɑ̃.va.i/		 envahis
/ɑ̃.va.i/		 envahit
/ɑ̃.va.i/		 envahîmes
/ɑ̃.va.im/		 envahîtes
/ɑ̃.va.it/		 envahirent
/ɑ̃.va.iʁ/
future envahirai
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁe/		 envahiras
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁa/		 envahira
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁa/		 envahirons
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁɔ̃/		 envahirez
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁe/		 envahiront
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁɔ̃/
conditional envahirais
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁɛ/		 envahirais
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁɛ/		 envahirait
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁɛ/		 envahirions
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁjɔ̃/		 envahiriez
/ɑ̃.va.i.ʁje/		 envahiraient
/ɑ̃.va.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 envahisse
/ɑ̃.va.is/		 envahisses
/ɑ̃.va.is/		 envahisse
/ɑ̃.va.is/		 envahissions
/ɑ̃.va.i.sjɔ̃/		 envahissiez
/ɑ̃.va.i.sje/		 envahissent
/ɑ̃.va.is/
imperfect2 envahisse
/ɑ̃.va.is/		 envahisses
/ɑ̃.va.is/		 envahît
/ɑ̃.va.i/		 envahissions
/ɑ̃.va.i.sjɔ̃/		 envahissiez
/ɑ̃.va.i.sje/		 envahissent
/ɑ̃.va.is/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — envahis
/ɑ̃.va.i/		 — envahissons
/ɑ̃.va.i.sɔ̃/		 envahissez
/ɑ̃.va.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Etymology

Old French envaïr

Verb

envahir

  1. to invade
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