accomplir

French

Etymology

From Middle French accomplir, from Old French acomplir, from complir, from Latin ad + Vulgar Latin *complēscō, complīre, from compleō, complēre (“fill”), or possibly through a Vulgar Latin root *accomplēscō, accomplīre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.kɔ̃.pliʁ/
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Verb

accomplir

  1. to accomplish
  2. to achieve

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 accomplir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle accomplissant
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɑ̃/
past participle accompli
/a.kɔ̃.pli/
infinitive
simple accomplir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple accomplissant
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/		 accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/		 accomplit
/a.kɔ̃.pli/		 accomplissons
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɔ̃/		 accomplissez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.se/		 accomplissent
/a.kɔ̃.plis/
imperfect accomplissais
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/		 accomplissais
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/		 accomplissait
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/		 accomplissions
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/		 accomplissiez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/		 accomplissaient
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɛ/
past historic2 accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/		 accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/		 accomplit
/a.kɔ̃.pli/		 accomplîmes
/a.kɔ̃.plim/		 accomplîtes
/a.kɔ̃.plit/		 accomplirent
/a.kɔ̃.pliʁ/
future accomplirai
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁe/		 accompliras
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁa/		 accomplira
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁa/		 accomplirons
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/		 accomplirez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁe/		 accompliront
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɔ̃/
conditional accomplirais
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/		 accomplirais
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/		 accomplirait
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/		 accomplirions
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁjɔ̃/		 accompliriez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁje/		 accompliraient
/a.kɔ̃.pli.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present accomplisse
/a.kɔ̃.plis/		 accomplisses
/a.kɔ̃.plis/		 accomplisse
/a.kɔ̃.plis/		 accomplissions
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/		 accomplissiez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/		 accomplissent
/a.kɔ̃.plis/
imperfect2 accomplisse
/a.kɔ̃.plis/		 accomplisses
/a.kɔ̃.plis/		 accomplît
/a.kɔ̃.pli/		 accomplissions
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sjɔ̃/		 accomplissiez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sje/		 accomplissent
/a.kɔ̃.plis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — accomplis
/a.kɔ̃.pli/		 — accomplissons
/a.kɔ̃.pli.sɔ̃/		 accomplissez
/a.kɔ̃.pli.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French acomplir.

Verb

accomplir

  1. to finish
  2. to accomplish

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of accomplir
simple compound
infinitive accomplir avoir accompli
gerund en accomplissant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle accomplissant
past participle accompli
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present accomplis accomplis accomplit accomplissons accomplissez accomplissent
imperfect accomplissois, accomplissoys accomplissois, accomplissoys accomplissoit, accomplissoyy accomplissions accomplissiez accomplissoient, accomplissoyent
past historic accomplis accomplis accomplit accomplismes accomplistes accomplirent
future accomplirai, accompliray accompliras accomplira accomplirons accomplirez accompliront
conditional accomplirois, accompliroys accomplirois, accompliroys accompliroit, accompliroyt accomplirions accompliriez accompliroient, accompliroyent
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 anterior 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 ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present accomplisse accomplisses accomplisse accomplissions accomplissiez accomplissent
imperfect accomplisse accomplisses accomplist accomplissions accomplissiez accomplissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— accomplis — accomplissons accomplissez —

Descendants

References
  • accomplir on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330-1500) (in French)
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