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enchérir
enchérir
French
Verb
enchérir
- (transitive) to make more expensive
- (transitive) to bid; to make a bid (at auction etc.)
- (intransitive) to go up (in price), become more expensive
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 enchérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | enchérir | avoir enchéri | |||||
| gerund | en enchérissant | en ayant enchéri | |||||
| present participle | enchérissant /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | enchéri /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enchéris /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
enchéris /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
enchérit /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
enchérissons /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
enchérissez /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.se/ |
enchérissent /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/ |
| imperfect | enchérissais /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
enchérissais /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
enchérissait /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
enchérissions /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
enchérissiez /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sje/ |
enchérissaient /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | enchéris /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
enchéris /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
enchérit /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
enchérîmes /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁim/ |
enchérîtes /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁit/ |
enchérirent /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ/ |
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| future | enchérirai /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁe/ |
enchériras /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁa/ |
enchérira /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁa/ |
enchérirons /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
enchérirez /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁe/ |
enchériront /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | enchérirais /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
enchérirais /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
enchérirait /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
enchéririons /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enchéririez /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁje/ |
enchériraient /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | enchérisse /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/ |
enchérisses /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/ |
enchérisse /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/ |
enchérissions /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
enchérissiez /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sje/ |
enchérissent /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/ |
| imperfect1 |
enchérisse /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/ |
enchérisses /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/ |
enchérît /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
enchérissions /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
enchérissiez /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sje/ |
enchérissent /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | enchéris /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/ |
— | enchérissons /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɔ̃/ |
enchérissez /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.se/ |
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