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applaudir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' applaudis tu applaudis il/elle applaudit nous applaudissons vous applaudissez ils/elles applaudissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai applaudi tu as applaudi il/elle a applaudi nous avons applaudi vous avez applaudi ils/elles ont applaudi Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' applaudissais tu applaudissais il/elle applaudissait nous applaudissions vous applaudissiez ils/elles applaudissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais applaudi tu avais applaudi il/elle avait applaudi nous avions applaudi vous aviez applaudi ils/elles avaient applaudi Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' applaudirai tu applaudiras il/elle applaudira nous applaudirons vous applaudirez ils/elles applaudiront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai applaudi tu auras applaudi il/elle aura applaudi nous aurons applaudi vous aurez applaudi ils/elles auront applaudi Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' applaudirais tu applaudirais il/elle applaudirait nous applaudirions vous applaudiriez ils/elles applaudiraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais applaudi tu aurais applaudi il/elle aurait applaudi nous aurions applaudi vous auriez applaudi ils/elles auraient applaudi Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' applaudisse tu applaudisses il/elle applaudisse nous applaudissions vous applaudissiez ils/elles applaudissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie applaudi tu aies applaudi il/elle ait applaudi nous ayons applaudi vous ayez applaudi ils/elles aient applaudi Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' applaudis tu applaudis il/elle applaudit nous applaudîmes vous applaudîtes ils/elles applaudirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus applaudi tu eus applaudi il/elle eut applaudi nous eûmes applaudi vous eûtes applaudi ils/elles eurent applaudi 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).