baudir

French

Etymology

From Middle French baudir, from Old French baudir, baldir, from Frankish *baldijan, from Proto-Germanic *balþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (bold). Cognate with Old English bældan, byldan (to make bold; embolden).

Pronunciation

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Verb

baudir

  1. (transitive) to embolden

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-.

References

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