refroidir

French

Etymology

re- +‎ froidir

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.fʁwa.diʁ/
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Verb

refroidir

  1. to lower the temperature of; to cool
  2. (reflexive or intransitive) to become cooler; to lose heat; to cool down
  3. to become less active; to cool down, cool off
  4. (transitive) to strongly reduce or diminish something such as interest, zeal, etc.
  5. (slang) to ice, to murder

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 refroidir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle refroidissant
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɑ̃/
past participle refroidi
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/
infinitive
simple refroidir
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple refroidissant
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.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 refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/		 refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/		 refroidit
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/		 refroidissons
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/		 refroidissez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.se/		 refroidissent
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/
imperfect refroidissais
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɛ/		 refroidissais
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɛ/		 refroidissait
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɛ/		 refroidissions
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/		 refroidissiez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sje/		 refroidissaient
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɛ/
past historic2 refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/		 refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/		 refroidit
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/		 refroidîmes
/ʁə.fʁwa.dim/		 refroidîtes
/ʁə.fʁwa.dit/		 refroidirent
/ʁə.fʁwa.diʁ/
future refroidirai
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁe/		 refroidiras
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁa/		 refroidira
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁa/		 refroidirons
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/		 refroidirez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁe/		 refroidiront
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɔ̃/
conditional refroidirais
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/		 refroidirais
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/		 refroidirait
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁɛ/		 refroidirions
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁjɔ̃/		 refroidiriez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.ʁje/		 refroidiraient
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.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 refroidisse
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/		 refroidisses
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/		 refroidisse
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/		 refroidissions
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/		 refroidissiez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sje/		 refroidissent
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/
imperfect2 refroidisse
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/		 refroidisses
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/		 refroidît
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/		 refroidissions
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sjɔ̃/		 refroidissiez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sje/		 refroidissent
/ʁə.fʁwa.dis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — refroidis
/ʁə.fʁwa.di/		 — refroidissons
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.sɔ̃/		 refroidissez
/ʁə.fʁwa.di.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).

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