endormir

French

Etymology

en- + dormir

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.dɔʁ.miʁ/
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Verb

endormir

  1. (transitive) to put to sleep
  2. (reflexive, s'endormir) to fall asleep

Conjugation

This is one of a fairly large group of irregular -ir verbs that are all conjugated the same way. Other members of this group include sortir and dormir. The most significant difference between these verbs' conjugation and that of the regular -ir verbs is that these verbs' conjugation does not use the infix -iss-. Further, this conjugation has the forms (je, tu) endors and (il) endort in the present indicative and imperative, whereas a regular -ir verb would have *endormis and *endormit (as in the past historic).

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