ramollir

French

Etymology

From r- +‎ amollir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁa.mɔ.liʁ/
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Verb

ramollir

  1. to soften, to mollify
  2. (figuratively) to weaken (one's will), to soften up (someone)
  3. (takes a reflexive pronoun, se ramollir) to become soft, to soften
  4. (takes a reflexive pronoun, figuratively, of one's will) to weaken, to soften

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 ramollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ramollir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ramollissant
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ramolli
/ʁa.mɔ.li/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ramollis
/ʁa.mɔ.li/		 ramollis
/ʁa.mɔ.li/		 ramollit
/ʁa.mɔ.li/		 ramollissons
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/		 ramollissez
/ʁa.mɔ.li.se/		 ramollissent
/ʁa.mɔ.lis/
imperfect ramollissais
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sɛ/		 ramollissais
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sɛ/		 ramollissait
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sɛ/		 ramollissions
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/		 ramollissiez
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sje/		 ramollissaient
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sɛ/
past historic2 ramollis
/ʁa.mɔ.li/		 ramollis
/ʁa.mɔ.li/		 ramollit
/ʁa.mɔ.li/		 ramollîmes
/ʁa.mɔ.lim/		 ramollîtes
/ʁa.mɔ.lit/		 ramollirent
/ʁa.mɔ.liʁ/
future ramollirai
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁe/		 ramolliras
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁa/		 ramollira
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁa/		 ramollirons
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/		 ramollirez
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁe/		 ramolliront
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ramollirais
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/		 ramollirais
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/		 ramollirait
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/		 ramollirions
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/		 ramolliriez
/ʁa.mɔ.li.ʁje/		 ramolliraient
/ʁa.mɔ.li.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 ramollisse
/ʁa.mɔ.lis/		 ramollisses
/ʁa.mɔ.lis/		 ramollisse
/ʁa.mɔ.lis/		 ramollissions
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/		 ramollissiez
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sje/		 ramollissent
/ʁa.mɔ.lis/
imperfect2 ramollisse
/ʁa.mɔ.lis/		 ramollisses
/ʁa.mɔ.lis/		 ramollît
/ʁa.mɔ.li/		 ramollissions
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/		 ramollissiez
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sje/		 ramollissent
/ʁa.mɔ.lis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ramollis
/ʁa.mɔ.li/		 — ramollissons
/ʁa.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/		 ramollissez
/ʁa.mɔ.li.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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