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pourrir

pourrir

French

Verb

pourrir

  1. (intransitive and transitive) to rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble
  2. (intransitive) to waste away from a disease such as gangrene
  3. (reflexive, se pourrir) to rot, decompose, putrefy, crumble
  4. (reflexive, se pourrir) to waste away from a disease such as gangrene

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-.