fuir

See also: fuïr

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French fuir, from Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, from Proto-Italic *fugiō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɥiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

fuir

  1. (intransitive) to escape
  2. (transitive) to flee
  3. (intransitive) to leak; to have a leak
    Le robinet fuit.
    The tap is leaking. (UK)
    The faucet is leaking. (US)

Conjugation
Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fuir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fuyant
/fɥi.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fui
/fɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fuis
/fɥi/		 fuis
/fɥi/		 fuit
/fɥi/		 fuyons
/fɥi.jɔ̃/		 fuyez
/fɥi.je/		 fuient
/fɥi/
imperfect fuyais
/fɥi.jɛ/		 fuyais
/fɥi.jɛ/		 fuyait
/fɥi.jɛ/		 fuyions
/fɥij.jɔ̃/		 fuyiez
/fɥij.je/		 fuyaient
/fɥi.jɛ/
past historic2 fuis
/fɥi/		 fuis
/fɥi/		 fuit
/fɥi/		 fuîmes
/fɥim/		 fuîtes
/fɥit/		 fuirent
/fɥiʁ/
future fuirai
/fɥi.ʁe/		 fuiras
/fɥi.ʁa/		 fuira
/fɥi.ʁa/		 fuirons
/fɥi.ʁɔ̃/		 fuirez
/fɥi.ʁe/		 fuiront
/fɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fuirais
/fɥi.ʁɛ/		 fuirais
/fɥi.ʁɛ/		 fuirait
/fɥi.ʁɛ/		 fuirions
/fɥi.ʁjɔ̃/		 fuiriez
/fɥi.ʁje/		 fuiraient
/fɥi.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 fuie
/fɥi/		 fuies
/fɥi/		 fuie
/fɥi/		 fuyions
/fɥij.jɔ̃/		 fuyiez
/fɥij.je/		 fuient
/fɥi/
imperfect2 fuisse
/fɥis/		 fuisses
/fɥis/		 fuît
/fɥi/		 fuissions
/fɥi.sjɔ̃/		 fuissiez
/fɥi.sje/		 fuissent
/fɥis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fuis
/fɥi/		 — fuyons
/fɥi.jɔ̃/		 fuyez
/fɥi.je/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old Dutch

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *fuir, from Proto-Germanic *fōr, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *péh₂wr̥.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fy.ir/

Noun

fuir n

  1. fire
  2. passion, emotion

Declension
Declension of fuir (neuter strong a-stem)
Singular Plural
nominative fuir fuir
accusative fuir fuir
genitive fuiris, -es fuiro
dative fuire, -i fuiron

Descendants
  • Middle Dutch: vuur
    • Dutch: vuur
      • Afrikaans: vuur
      • Javindo: vier
      • Jersey Dutch: vuer, vîr
      • Negerhollands: vuur, fi, vier
      • Skepi Creole Dutch: fir
    • Limburgish: vuur
    • West Flemish: vier
    • Zealandic: vier

Further reading
  • “fuir”, in Oudnederlands Woordenboek, 2012

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *fūgīre, from Latin fugere, present active infinitive of fugiō.

Verb

fuir

  1. To flee.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of fuir (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive fuir avoir foï, fuï
gerund en fuiant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle fuiant
past participle foï, fuï
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present fui fuis fuit fuions fuiiez fuient
imperfect fuioie, fuieie fuioies, fuieies fuioit, fuieit fuiiiens, fuiiens fuiiiez, fuiiez fuioient, fuieient
preterite foï, fuï foïs, fuïs foï, fuï foïmes, fuïmes foïstes, fuïstes foïrent, fuïrent
future fuirai fuiras fuira fuirons fuiroiz, fuireiz, fuirez fuiront
conditional fuiroie, fuireie fuiroies, fuireies fuiroit, fuireit fuiriiens, fuiriens fuiriiez, fuiriez fuiroient, fuireient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present fuie fuies fuie fuiiens, fuions fuiiez fuient
imperfect foïsse, fuïsse foïsses, fuïsses foïst, fuïst foïssons, foïssiens, fuïssons, fuïssiens foïssoiz, foïssez, foïssiez, fuïssoiz, fuïssez, fuïssiez foïssent, fuïssent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— fui — fuions fuiiez —

Derived terms

Descendants

Spanish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fuˈiɾ/ [fuˈiɾ]
  • Rhymes: -iɾ
  • Syllabification: fu‧ir

Verb

fuir (first-person singular present fuyo, first-person singular preterite fui, past participle fuido)

  1. (obsolete) Alternative form of huir

Further reading
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