unir
Catalan
Verb
unir (first-person singular present uneixo, first-person singular preterite uní, past participle unit)
Conjugation
infinitive | unir | ||||||
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gerund | unint | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | unit | unida | |||||
plural | units | unides | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | uneixo | uneixes | uneix | unim | uniu | uneixen | |
imperfect | unia | unies | unia | uníem | uníeu | unien | |
future | uniré | uniràs | unirà | unirem | unireu | uniran | |
preterite | uní | unires | uní | unírem | uníreu | uniren | |
conditional | uniria | uniries | uniria | uniríem | uniríeu | unirien | |
subjunctive | jo | tu | ell/ella vostè |
nosaltres nós |
vosaltres vós |
ells/elles vostès | |
present | uneixi | uneixis | uneixi | unim | uniu | uneixin | |
imperfect | unís | unissis | unís | uníssim | uníssiu | unissin | |
imperative | — | tu | vostè | nosaltres | vosaltres vós |
vostès | |
affirmative | — | uneix | uneixi | unim | uniu | uneixin | |
negative (no) | — | no uneixis | no uneixi | no unim | no uniu | no uneixin |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “unir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “unir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “unir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “unir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French unir, borrowed from Latin ūnīre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.niʁ/
- Rhymes: -iʁ
Audio (France, Paris) (file)
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-.
infinitive | simple | unir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | unissant /y.ni.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | uni /y.ni/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | unis /y.ni/ |
unis /y.ni/ |
unit /y.ni/ |
unissons /y.ni.sɔ̃/ |
unissez /y.ni.se/ |
unissent /y.nis/ |
imperfect | unissais /y.ni.sɛ/ |
unissais /y.ni.sɛ/ |
unissait /y.ni.sɛ/ |
unissions /y.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
unissiez /y.ni.sje/ |
unissaient /y.ni.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | unis /y.ni/ |
unis /y.ni/ |
unit /y.ni/ |
unîmes /y.nim/ |
unîtes /y.nit/ |
unirent /y.niʁ/ | |
future | unirai /y.ni.ʁe/ |
uniras /y.ni.ʁa/ |
unira /y.ni.ʁa/ |
unirons /y.ni.ʁɔ̃/ |
unirez /y.ni.ʁe/ |
uniront /y.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | unirais /y.ni.ʁɛ/ |
unirais /y.ni.ʁɛ/ |
unirait /y.ni.ʁɛ/ |
unirions /y.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ |
uniriez /y.ni.ʁje/ |
uniraient /y.ni.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 | unisse /y.nis/ |
unisses /y.nis/ |
unisse /y.nis/ |
unissions /y.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
unissiez /y.ni.sje/ |
unissent /y.nis/ |
imperfect2 | unisse /y.nis/ |
unisses /y.nis/ |
unît /y.ni/ |
unissions /y.ni.sjɔ̃/ |
unissiez /y.ni.sje/ |
unissent /y.nis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | unis /y.ni/ |
— | unissons /y.ni.sɔ̃/ |
unissez /y.ni.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Antonyms
Further reading
- “unir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Ladin
Conjugation
- Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | unir, unì | |||||
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auxiliary verb | avei | gerund | unian | |||
past participle | unì | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | ie | tu | el / ela | nos | vos | ei / eles |
present | une, unesce | unes, unesces | un, unesc | union | unieis | un, unesc |
imperfect | unive | unives | univa | univan | univais | univa |
future | uniré | uniras | unirà | uniron | unireis | unirà |
subjunctive | che ie | che tu | che el / ela | che nos | che vos | che ei / eles |
present | une, unesce | unes, unesces | une, unesce | union | unieis | une, unesce |
imperfect | unisse | unisses | unissa | unissan | unissais | unissa |
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – |
— | un, unesc | — | union | unide | — |
Occitan
Pronunciation
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Conjugation
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | unir | ?er unit | |||||
past participle | unit | — | |||||
gerund | unissent | ?ent unit | |||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles | |
present | unissi | unisses | unís | unissèm | unissètz | unisson | |
imperfect | unissiái | unissiás | unissiá | unissiam | unissiatz | unissián | |
preterite | uniguèri | uniguères | uniguèt | uniguèrem | uniguèretz | uniguèron | |
future | unirai | uniràs | unirà | unirem | uniretz | uniràn | |
conditional | uniriái | uniriás | uniriá | uniriam | uniriatz | unirián | |
conditional 2nd form1 | uniguèra | uniguèras | uniguèra | unigueram | unigueratz | uniguèran | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
past anterior | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
future perfect | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles | |
present | unisca | uniscas | unisca | uniscam | uniscatz | uniscan | |
imperfect | uniguèsse | uniguèsses | uniguèsse | uniguèssem | uniguèssetz | uniguèsson | |
compound tenses |
past | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | |||||
pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | ||||||
imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — | |
unís | uniscam | unissetz | 1Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |
Related terms
References
- Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 618.
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ūnīre (“to unite”), from ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one; single”).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈni(ʁ)/ [uˈni(h)]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /uˈni(ɾ)/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /uˈni(ʁ)/ [uˈni(χ)]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /uˈni(ɻ)/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /uˈniɾ/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /uˈni.ɾi/
- Homophone: uni (Brazil)
- Hyphenation: u‧nir
Verb
unir (first-person singular present uno, first-person singular preterite uni, past participle unido)
- (transitive) to bind; to connect
- Synonyms: colar, conectar, grudar, jungir, juntar, ligar, prender, vincular
- Antonyms: desconectar, desprender, desvincular, separar
- (transitive, intransitive) to unite (come or bring together as one)
Conjugation
Singular | Plural | |||||
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First-person (eu) |
Second-person (tu) |
Third-person (ele / ela / você) |
First-person (nós) |
Second-person (vós) |
Third-person (eles / elas / vocês) | |
Infinitive | ||||||
Impersonal | unir | |||||
Personal | unir | unires | unir | unirmos | unirdes | unirem |
Gerund | ||||||
unindo | ||||||
Past participle | ||||||
Masculine | unido | unidos | ||||
Feminine | unida | unidas | ||||
Indicative | ||||||
Present | uno | unes | une | unimos | unis | unem |
Imperfect | unia | unias | unia | uníamos | uníeis | uniam |
Preterite | uni | uniste | uniu | unimos | unistes | uniram |
Pluperfect | unira | uniras | unira | uníramos | uníreis | uniram |
Future | unirei | unirás | unirá | uniremos | unireis | unirão |
Conditional | uniria | unirias | uniria | uniríamos | uniríeis | uniriam |
Subjunctive | ||||||
Present | una | unas | una | unamos | unais | unam |
Imperfect | unisse | unisses | unisse | uníssemos | unísseis | unissem |
Future | unir | unires | unir | unirmos | unirdes | unirem |
Imperative | ||||||
Affirmative | une | una | unamos | uni | unam | |
Negative (não) | não unas | não una | não unamos | não unais | não unam |
Further reading
- “unir” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “unir” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “unir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
- “unir” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- “unir” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “unir” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uˈniɾ/ [uˈniɾ]
Audio (Colombia): (file) - Rhymes: -iɾ
- Syllabification: u‧nir
Verb
unir (first-person singular present uno, first-person singular preterite uní, past participle unido)
Conjugation
infinitive | unir | ||||||
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gerund | uniendo | ||||||
past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
singular | unido | unida | |||||
plural | unidos | unidas | |||||
singular | plural | ||||||
1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | uno | unestú unísvos |
une | unimos | unís | unen | |
imperfect | unía | unías | unía | uníamos | uníais | unían | |
preterite | uní | uniste | unió | unimos | unisteis | unieron | |
future | uniré | unirás | unirá | uniremos | uniréis | unirán | |
conditional | uniría | unirías | uniría | uniríamos | uniríais | unirían | |
subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella/ello usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes | |
present | una | unastú unásvos2 |
una | unamos | unáis | unan | |
imperfect (ra) |
uniera | unieras | uniera | uniéramos | unierais | unieran | |
imperfect (se) |
uniese | unieses | uniese | uniésemos | unieseis | uniesen | |
future1 | uniere | unieres | uniere | uniéremos | uniereis | unieren | |
imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
affirmative | unetú unívos |
una | unamos | unid | unan | ||
negative | no unas | no una | no unamos | no unáis | no unan |
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.
singular | plural | ||||||
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1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
with infinitive unir | |||||||
dative | unirme | unirte | unirle, unirse | unirnos | uniros | unirles, unirse | |
accusative | unirme | unirte | unirlo, unirla, unirse | unirnos | uniros | unirlos, unirlas, unirse | |
with gerund uniendo | |||||||
dative | uniéndome | uniéndote | uniéndole, uniéndose | uniéndonos | uniéndoos | uniéndoles, uniéndose | |
accusative | uniéndome | uniéndote | uniéndolo, uniéndola, uniéndose | uniéndonos | uniéndoos | uniéndolos, uniéndolas, uniéndose | |
with informal second-person singular tú imperative une | |||||||
dative | úneme | únete | únele | únenos | not used | úneles | |
accusative | úneme | únete | únelo, únela | únenos | not used | únelos, únelas | |
with informal second-person singular vos imperative uní | |||||||
dative | unime | unite | unile | uninos | not used | uniles | |
accusative | unime | unite | unilo, unila | uninos | not used | unilos, unilas | |
with formal second-person singular imperative una | |||||||
dative | úname | not used | únale, únase | únanos | not used | únales | |
accusative | úname | not used | únalo, únala, únase | únanos | not used | únalos, únalas | |
with first-person plural imperative unamos | |||||||
dative | not used | unámoste | unámosle | unámonos | unámoos | unámosles | |
accusative | not used | unámoste | unámoslo, unámosla | unámonos | unámoos | unámoslos, unámoslas | |
with informal second-person plural imperative unid | |||||||
dative | unidme | not used | unidle | unidnos | uníos | unidles | |
accusative | unidme | not used | unidlo, unidla | unidnos | uníos | unidlos, unidlas | |
with formal second-person plural imperative unan | |||||||
dative | únanme | not used | únanle | únannos | not used | únanles, únanse | |
accusative | únanme | not used | únanlo, únanla | únannos | not used | únanlos, únanlas, únanse |
References
- Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983) “uno”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), volumes V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 715
Further reading
- “unir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Venetian
Conjugation
- Venetian conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
infinitive | unir | |||||
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auxiliary verb | aver | gerund | unéndo | |||
past participle | unito, unìo | |||||
person | singular | plural | ||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | |
indicative | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | uniso | (te) unisi | (el/ła) unise | unimo | unì | (i/łe) unise |
imperfect | unìa | (te) univi | (el/ła) unìa | unìvimo | univi | (i/łe) unìa |
future | unirò | (te) unirè | (el/ła) unirà | unirémo | unirè | (i/łe) unirà |
conditional | mi | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
present | unirìa | (te) unirisi | (el/ła) unirìa | unirìsimo | unirisi | (i/łe) unirìa |
subjunctive | che mi | che ti | che eło / eła | che noialtri / noialtre | che voialtri / voialtre | che łuri / łore |
present | unisa | (te) unisi | (el/ła) unisa | unimo | unì | (i/łe) unisa |
imperfect | unise | (te) unisi | (el/ła) unise | unisimo | unisi | (i/łe) unise |
imperative | — | ti | eło / eła | noialtri / noialtre | voialtri / voialtre | łuri / łore |
— | (te) unisi | (el/ła) unisa | unimo | unì | (i/łe) unisa |
Welsh
Pronunciation
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /ˈɨ̞nɪr/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /ˈiːnɪr/, /ˈɪnɪr/