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polir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je polis tu polis il/elle polit nous polissons vous polissez ils/elles polissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai poli tu as poli il/elle a poli nous avons poli vous avez poli ils/elles ont poli Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je polissais tu polissais il/elle polissait nous polissions vous polissiez ils/elles polissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais poli tu avais poli il/elle avait poli nous avions poli vous aviez poli ils/elles avaient poli Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je polirai tu poliras il/elle polira nous polirons vous polirez ils/elles poliront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai poli tu auras poli il/elle aura poli nous aurons poli vous aurez poli ils/elles auront poli Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je polirais tu polirais il/elle polirait nous polirions vous poliriez ils/elles poliraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais poli tu aurais poli il/elle aurait poli nous aurions poli vous auriez poli ils/elles auraient poli Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je polisse tu polisses il/elle polisse nous polissions vous polissiez ils/elles polissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie poli tu aies poli il/elle ait poli nous ayons poli vous ayez poli ils/elles aient poli Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je polis tu polis il/elle polit nous polîmes vous polîtes ils/elles polirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus poli tu eus poli il/elle eut poli nous eûmes poli vous eûtes poli ils/elles eurent poli 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).