amerrir

French

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Old French a-

French a-

Proto-Indo-European *mer-?

Proto-Indo-European *móri

Proto-Italic *mari

Latin mare

Old French mer

Middle French mer

French mer

Proto-Italic *-jezi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īre

French -ir

French amerrir

From a- +‎ mer (“sea”) +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /a.mɛ.ʁiʁ/ ~ /a.me.ʁiʁ/
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Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

amerrir

to splash down (land in water)
to crash-land (in water)

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 amerrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	amerrir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	amerrissant /a.mɛ.ʁi.sɑ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amerri /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amerris /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/	amerris /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/	amerrit /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/	amerrissons /a.mɛ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.sɔ̃/	amerrissez /a.mɛ.ʁi.se/ or /a.me.ʁi.se/	amerrissent /a.mɛ.ʁis/ or /a.me.ʁis/
	imperfect	amerrissais /a.mɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ʁi.sɛ/	amerrissais /a.mɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ʁi.sɛ/	amerrissait /a.mɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ʁi.sɛ/	amerrissions /a.mɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.sjɔ̃/	amerrissiez /a.mɛ.ʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ʁi.sje/	amerrissaient /a.mɛ.ʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ʁi.sɛ/
	past historic²	amerris /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/	amerris /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/	amerrit /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/	amerrîmes /a.mɛ.ʁim/ or /a.me.ʁim/	amerrîtes /a.mɛ.ʁit/ or /a.me.ʁit/	amerrirent /a.mɛ.ʁiʁ/ or /a.me.ʁiʁ/
	future	amerrirai /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁe/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁe/	amerriras /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁa/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁa/	amerrira /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁa/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁa/	amerrirons /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/	amerrirez /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁe/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁe/	amerriront /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amerrirais /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁɛ/	amerrirais /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁɛ/	amerrirait /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁɛ/	amerririons /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	amerririez /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁje/ or /a.me.ʁi.ʁje/	amerriraient /a.mɛ.ʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.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	amerrisse /a.mɛ.ʁis/ or /a.me.ʁis/	amerrisses /a.mɛ.ʁis/ or /a.me.ʁis/	amerrisse /a.mɛ.ʁis/ or /a.me.ʁis/	amerrissions /a.mɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.sjɔ̃/	amerrissiez /a.mɛ.ʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ʁi.sje/	amerrissent /a.mɛ.ʁis/ or /a.me.ʁis/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	amerrisse /a.mɛ.ʁis/ or /a.me.ʁis/	amerrisses /a.mɛ.ʁis/ or /a.me.ʁis/	amerrît /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/	amerrissions /a.mɛ.ʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.sjɔ̃/	amerrissiez /a.mɛ.ʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ʁi.sje/	amerrissent /a.mɛ.ʁis/ or /a.me.ʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	amerris /a.mɛ.ʁi/ or /a.me.ʁi/	—	amerrissons /a.mɛ.ʁi.sɔ̃/ or /a.me.ʁi.sɔ̃/	amerrissez /a.mɛ.ʁi.se/ or /a.me.ʁi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
¹ The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
² In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

amerrissage

Anagrams

arrimer