bondir

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *bombitire, formed from Latin bombus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɔ̃.diʁ/
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Verb

bondir

  1. to bounce, spring, jump

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

Further reading


Old French

Verb

bondir

  1. to keep; to retain
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