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nourrir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je nourris tu nourris il/elle nourrit nous nourrissons vous nourrissez ils/elles nourrissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai nourri tu as nourri il/elle a nourri nous avons nourri vous avez nourri ils/elles ont nourri Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je nourrissais tu nourrissais il/elle nourrissait nous nourrissions vous nourrissiez ils/elles nourrissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais nourri tu avais nourri il/elle avait nourri nous avions nourri vous aviez nourri ils/elles avaient nourri Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je nourrirai tu nourriras il/elle nourrira nous nourrirons vous nourrirez ils/elles nourriront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai nourri tu auras nourri il/elle aura nourri nous aurons nourri vous aurez nourri ils/elles auront nourri Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je nourrirais tu nourrirais il/elle nourrirait nous nourririons vous nourririez ils/elles nourriraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais nourri tu aurais nourri il/elle aurait nourri nous aurions nourri vous auriez nourri ils/elles auraient nourri Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je nourrisse tu nourrisses il/elle nourrisse nous nourrissions vous nourrissiez ils/elles nourrissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie nourri tu aies nourri il/elle ait nourri nous ayons nourri vous ayez nourri ils/elles aient nourri Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je nourris tu nourris il/elle nourrit nous nourrîmes vous nourrîtes ils/elles nourrirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus nourri tu eus nourri il/elle eut nourri nous eûmes nourri vous eûtes nourri ils/elles eurent nourri 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).