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embellir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
j' embellis tu embellis il/elle embellit nous embellissons vous embellissez ils/elles embellissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai embelli tu as embelli il/elle a embelli nous avons embelli vous avez embelli ils/elles ont embelli Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
j' embellissais tu embellissais il/elle embellissait nous embellissions vous embellissiez ils/elles embellissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais embelli tu avais embelli il/elle avait embelli nous avions embelli vous aviez embelli ils/elles avaient embelli Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
j' embellirai tu embelliras il/elle embellira nous embellirons vous embellirez ils/elles embelliront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai embelli tu auras embelli il/elle aura embelli nous aurons embelli vous aurez embelli ils/elles auront embelli Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
j' embellirais tu embellirais il/elle embellirait nous embellirions vous embelliriez ils/elles embelliraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais embelli tu aurais embelli il/elle aurait embelli nous aurions embelli vous auriez embelli ils/elles auraient embelli Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
j' embellisse tu embellisses il/elle embellisse nous embellissions vous embellissiez ils/elles embellissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie embelli tu aies embelli il/elle ait embelli nous ayons embelli vous ayez embelli ils/elles aient embelli Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
j' embellis tu embellis il/elle embellit nous embellîmes vous embellîtes ils/elles embellirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus embelli tu eus embelli il/elle eut embelli nous eûmes embelli vous eûtes embelli ils/elles eurent embelli 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).