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franchir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je franchis tu franchis il/elle franchit nous franchissons vous franchissez ils/elles franchissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai franchi tu as franchi il/elle a franchi nous avons franchi vous avez franchi ils/elles ont franchi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je franchissais tu franchissais il/elle franchissait nous franchissions vous franchissiez ils/elles franchissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais franchi tu avais franchi il/elle avait franchi nous avions franchi vous aviez franchi ils/elles avaient franchi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je franchirai tu franchiras il/elle franchira nous franchirons vous franchirez ils/elles franchiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai franchi tu auras franchi il/elle aura franchi nous aurons franchi vous aurez franchi ils/elles auront franchi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je franchirais tu franchirais il/elle franchirait nous franchirions vous franchiriez ils/elles franchiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais franchi tu aurais franchi il/elle aurait franchi nous aurions franchi vous auriez franchi ils/elles auraient franchi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je franchisse tu franchisses il/elle franchisse nous franchissions vous franchissiez ils/elles franchissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie franchi tu aies franchi il/elle ait franchi nous ayons franchi vous ayez franchi ils/elles aient franchi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je franchis tu franchis il/elle franchit nous franchîmes vous franchîtes ils/elles franchirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus franchi tu eus franchi il/elle eut franchi nous eûmes franchi vous eûtes franchi ils/elles eurent franchi 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).