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adoucir: Conjugation

The adoucir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb adoucir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of adoucir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of adoucir at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
j' adoucis tu adoucis il/elle adoucit nous adoucissons vous adoucissez ils/elles adoucissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai adouci tu as adouci il/elle a adouci nous avons adouci vous avez adouci ils/elles ont adouci Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' adoucissais tu adoucissais il/elle adoucissait nous adoucissions vous adoucissiez ils/elles adoucissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais adouci tu avais adouci il/elle avait adouci nous avions adouci vous aviez adouci ils/elles avaient adouci Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' adoucirai tu adouciras il/elle adoucira nous adoucirons vous adoucirez ils/elles adouciront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai adouci tu auras adouci il/elle aura adouci nous aurons adouci vous aurez adouci ils/elles auront adouci Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' adoucirais tu adoucirais il/elle adoucirait nous adoucirions vous adouciriez ils/elles adouciraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais adouci tu aurais adouci il/elle aurait adouci nous aurions adouci vous auriez adouci ils/elles auraient adouci Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' adoucisse tu adoucisses il/elle adoucisse nous adoucissions vous adoucissiez ils/elles adoucissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie adouci tu aies adouci il/elle ait adouci nous ayons adouci vous ayez adouci ils/elles aient adouci Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' adoucis tu adoucis il/elle adoucit nous adoucîmes vous adoucîtes ils/elles adoucirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus adouci tu eus adouci il/elle eut adouci nous eûmes adouci vous eûtes adouci ils/elles eurent adouci Pronounce these verb forms

This verb falls into the pattern commonly termed regular -ir verb. It is characterised by the consonant -ss- which appears before any ending beginning with a vowel (in the spelling) but not in the infinitive or past participle.

This is the pattern generally followed by verbs based on colours and some other common adjectives (such as (to turn red, blush), jaunir (to turn yellow), grandir (to grow), adoucir (to soften) etc. Many English verbs ending in -ish also have French counterparts ending in -ir and following this pattern (cf finir, polir, vernir (to varnish), abolir, ternir...

Around 300 verbs are reported to follow this pattern (Beescherelle (2006), la conjugaison pour tous). The category is marginally productive:

• On analogy with other verbs of the category, very occasional -ir neologisms are formed (cf amarsir);
• There is a very slight tendancy for irregular -ir verbs to "slip into" the regular -ir pattern. In educated usage, this happens in some senses for saillir and ressortir in some senses, and sometimes for the verb vêtir (Bescherelle, op cit, p. 27). Other non-standard forms occasionally found include vous bouillissez (instead of vous bouillez: see bouillir).