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grossir
grossir
French
Verb
grossir
- (transitive) to increase, to make larger
- (transitive) to plump up
- (intransitive) To gain weight; to get fat
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 grossir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | grossir | avoir grossi | |||||
| gerund | en grossissant | en ayant grossi | |||||
| present participle | grossissant /ɡʁɔ.si.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | grossi /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | grossis /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
grossis /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
grossit /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
grossissons /ɡʁɔ.si.sɔ̃/ |
grossissez /ɡʁɔ.si.se/ |
grossissent /ɡʁɔ.sis/ |
| imperfect | grossissais /ɡʁɔ.si.sɛ/ |
grossissais /ɡʁɔ.si.sɛ/ |
grossissait /ɡʁɔ.si.sɛ/ |
grossissions /ɡʁɔ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
grossissiez /ɡʁɔ.si.sje/ |
grossissaient /ɡʁɔ.si.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | grossis /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
grossis /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
grossit /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
grossîmes /ɡʁɔ.sim/ |
grossîtes /ɡʁɔ.sit/ |
grossirent /ɡʁɔ.siʁ/ |
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| future | grossirai /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁe/ |
grossiras /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁa/ |
grossira /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁa/ |
grossirons /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
grossirez /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁe/ |
grossiront /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | grossirais /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁɛ/ |
grossirais /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁɛ/ |
grossirait /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁɛ/ |
grossirions /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
grossiriez /ɡʁɔ.si.ʁje/ |
grossiraient /ɡʁɔ.si.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 | grossisse /ɡʁɔ.sis/ |
grossisses /ɡʁɔ.sis/ |
grossisse /ɡʁɔ.sis/ |
grossissions /ɡʁɔ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
grossissiez /ɡʁɔ.si.sje/ |
grossissent /ɡʁɔ.sis/ |
| imperfect1 |
grossisse /ɡʁɔ.sis/ |
grossisses /ɡʁɔ.sis/ |
grossît /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
grossissions /ɡʁɔ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
grossissiez /ɡʁɔ.si.sje/ |
grossissent /ɡʁɔ.sis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | grossis /ɡʁɔ.si/ |
— | grossissons /ɡʁɔ.si.sɔ̃/ |
grossissez /ɡʁɔ.si.se/ |
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Antonyms
Related terms
Middle French
Etymology
Since Old French, from gros (“thick”) + -ir.
Verb
grossir
- (transitive) to make bigger
- (intransitive) to become bigger
Descendants
- French: grossir