enchérir

French

Etymology

From en- +‎ cher +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

enchérir

  1. (transitive) to make more expensive
  2. (transitive) to bid; to make a bid (at auction etc.)
  3. (intransitive) to go up (in price), become more expensive

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 enchérir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple enchérir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple enchérissant
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle enchéri
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present enchéris
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/		 enchéris
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/		 enchérit
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/		 enchérissons
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɔ̃/		 enchérissez
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.se/		 enchérissent
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/
imperfect enchérissais
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɛ/		 enchérissais
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɛ/		 enchérissait
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɛ/		 enchérissions
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/		 enchérissiez
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sje/		 enchérissaient
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɛ/
past historic2 enchéris
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/		 enchéris
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/		 enchérit
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/		 enchérîmes
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁim/		 enchérîtes
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁit/		 enchérirent
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ/
future enchérirai
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁe/		 enchériras
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁa/		 enchérira
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁa/		 enchérirons
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/		 enchérirez
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁe/		 enchériront
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional enchérirais
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 enchérirais
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 enchérirait
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁɛ/		 enchéririons
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/		 enchéririez
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.ʁje/		 enchériraient
/ɑ̃.ʃe.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 enchérisse
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/		 enchérisses
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/		 enchérisse
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/		 enchérissions
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/		 enchérissiez
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sje/		 enchérissent
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/
imperfect2 enchérisse
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/		 enchérisses
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/		 enchérît
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/		 enchérissions
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sjɔ̃/		 enchérissiez
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sje/		 enchérissent
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — enchéris
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi/		 — enchérissons
/ɑ̃.ʃe.ʁi.sɔ̃/		 enchérissez
/ɑ̃.ʃe.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).

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