mûrir

See also: murir

French

Alternative forms
  • murir (since the 1990 spelling reform)

Etymology

From Old French meürer with change of conjugation, from Latin maturo. Synchronically analysable as mûr (“mature”) +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /my.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

mûrir

  1. (intransitive, figuratively) to mature, to become mature
  2. (intransitive) to ripen, to become ripe
  3. (transitive) to mature, to cause to be mature

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 mûrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle mûrissant
/my.ʁi.sɑ̃/
past participle mûri
/my.ʁi/
infinitive
simple mûrir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple mûrissant
/my.ʁi.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 mûris
/my.ʁi/		 mûris
/my.ʁi/		 mûrit
/my.ʁi/		 mûrissons
/my.ʁi.sɔ̃/		 mûrissez
/my.ʁi.se/		 mûrissent
/my.ʁis/
imperfect mûrissais
/my.ʁi.sɛ/		 mûrissais
/my.ʁi.sɛ/		 mûrissait
/my.ʁi.sɛ/		 mûrissions
/my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/		 mûrissiez
/my.ʁi.sje/		 mûrissaient
/my.ʁi.sɛ/
past historic2 mûris
/my.ʁi/		 mûris
/my.ʁi/		 mûrit
/my.ʁi/		 mûrîmes
/my.ʁim/		 mûrîtes
/my.ʁit/		 mûrirent
/my.ʁiʁ/
future mûrirai
/my.ʁi.ʁe/		 mûriras
/my.ʁi.ʁa/		 mûrira
/my.ʁi.ʁa/		 mûrirons
/my.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/		 mûrirez
/my.ʁi.ʁe/		 mûriront
/my.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional mûrirais
/my.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 mûrirais
/my.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 mûrirait
/my.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 mûririons
/my.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/		 mûririez
/my.ʁi.ʁje/		 mûriraient
/my.ʁi.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 mûrisse
/my.ʁis/		 mûrisses
/my.ʁis/		 mûrisse
/my.ʁis/		 mûrissions
/my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/		 mûrissiez
/my.ʁi.sje/		 mûrissent
/my.ʁis/
imperfect2 mûrisse
/my.ʁis/		 mûrisses
/my.ʁis/		 mûrît
/my.ʁi/		 mûrissions
/my.ʁi.sjɔ̃/		 mûrissiez
/my.ʁi.sje/		 mûrissent
/my.ʁis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — mûris
/my.ʁi/		 — mûrissons
/my.ʁi.sɔ̃/		 mûrissez
/my.ʁi.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).
  • mûrement
  • mûrissage
  • mûrissement
  • mûrisserie

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