verdir

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French

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Etymology

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From Old French verdir (12th c.), possibly inherited from Vulgar Latin *vir(i)dire, an alteration of Classical Latin viridēscere. Compare Italian inverdire, archaic Spanish enverdir (alongside enverdecer), Romanian înverzi. Equivalent to vert +‎ -ir (the -t in vert being due to final devoicing).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɛʁ.diʁ/
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Verb

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verdir

  1. to turn green

Conjugation

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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-.

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