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franchir
franchir
French
Verb
franchir
- to clear, to cross (a line), to pass (an obstacle etc.); to get over (a fence)
- to cover (a distance)
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 franchir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | franchir | avoir franchi | |||||
| gerund | en franchissant | en ayant franchi | |||||
| present participle | franchissant /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | franchi /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | franchis /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
franchis /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
franchit /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
franchissons /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
franchissez /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.se/ |
franchissent /fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
| imperfect | franchissais /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
franchissais /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
franchissait /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
franchissions /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
franchissiez /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
franchissaient /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | franchis /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
franchis /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
franchit /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
franchîmes /fʁɑ̃.ʃim/ |
franchîtes /fʁɑ̃.ʃit/ |
franchirent /fʁɑ̃.ʃiʁ/ |
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| future | franchirai /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/ |
franchiras /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/ |
franchira /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁa/ |
franchirons /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
franchirez /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁe/ |
franchiront /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | franchirais /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
franchirais /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
franchirait /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁɛ/ |
franchirions /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
franchiriez /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.ʁje/ |
franchiraient /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.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 | franchisse /fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
franchisses /fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
franchisse /fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
franchissions /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
franchissiez /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
franchissent /fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
| imperfect1 |
franchisse /fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
franchisses /fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
franchît /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
franchissions /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sjɔ̃/ |
franchissiez /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sje/ |
franchissent /fʁɑ̃.ʃis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | franchis /fʁɑ̃.ʃi/ |
— | franchissons /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.sɔ̃/ |
franchissez /fʁɑ̃.ʃi.se/ |
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