assouvir

French

Etymology

From Late Latin *assōpīre (satisfy), from Latin sōpīre (sleep) (influenced by Old French assevir (attain)). Doublet of assoupir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.su.viʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

assouvir

  1. (transitive) to satisfy, assuage (hunger, passion, etc.)

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-.

Further reading

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