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FreEng Verbs-3rd Grp
French-English Verbs in the 3rd Group /Irregular
French | English |
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abattre | to knock down, to shoot, to slaughter, to break down |
s'abattre | to fall down, to collapse |
admettre | to admit / let in, to tolerate, to accept / acknowledge |
advenir | to happen |
aller | to go |
s'en aller | to go away, to leave |
apparaître | to appear |
appartenir | to belong to, to be a member of |
apprendre | to learn, to hear of |
attendre | to wait for, to expect |
s'attendre | to expect something for oneself |
avoir | to have |
battre | to beat, to thresh, to bang |
se battre | to fight somebody, to fight over something |
combattre | to fight |
se combattre | to fight each other |
commettre | to commit |
comparaître | to appear before [a government official] |
comprendre | to understand |
se comprendre | to understand eo, to be comprehensible |
conclure | to conclude, to sign |
se conclure | to end with something |
conduire | to drive, to lead |
se conduire | to behave |
confondre | to confuse, to mix up |
connaître | to know, to experience |
se connaître | to know each other, to know oneself |
consentir | to agree, to consent |
constuire | to build |
contrefaire | to forge, to counterfeit, to mimic |
couvrir | to cover, to drown out |
se couvrir | to wrap up, to cover oneself, to cloud over |
débattre | to debate, to discuss |
se débattre | to struggle |
découvrir | to discover, to find, to reveal, to uncover |
se découvrir | to uncover oneself, to undress |
défaire | to take down, to dismantle, to undo |
se défaire | to come undone, to get messed up |
démettre | to wrench, to dislocate, to dismiss |
se démettre | to wrench something on os, to resign |
déplaire | to displease, to upset |
se déplaire | to not like it somewhere |
descendre | to go down, to get down, to come down, to descend |
détruire | to destroy |
se détruire | to cancel eo out |
devenir | to become |
devoir | to have to [as a requirement], to owe |
se devoir | to have a duty to, to owe it os to |
dire | to say, to tell |
se dire | to tell oneself, to tell each other |
disparaître | to disappear, to vanish |
dormir | to sleep, to lie dormant, to be asleep |
écrire | to write |
s' écrire | to be spelt |
élire | to elect |
émettre | to give out, to emit, to transmit, to issue, to express, to put forward |
entreprendre | to undertake a study or a career |
endormir | to put someone to sleep, to put someone under |
s'endormir | to fall asleep, to go to sleep, to die down |
entretenir | to maintain, to support, to keep alive |
s'entretenir | to keep oneself in shape |
entrevoir | to make out, to catch a glimpse of |
entrouvrir | to half-open, to leave ajar |
être | to be |
exclure | to expel, to exclude, to leave out, to ignore |
s'exclure | to be mutually exclusive |
faire | to do, to make |
se faire | to do to oneself |
falloir | to be necessary [impersonal only] |
introduire | to introduce, to insert |
s'introduire | to gain entry, to get into st |
lire | to read |
se lire | to be read |
maintenir | to hold in place, to secure, to support, to maintain |
se maintenir | to persist |
mentir | to lie |
mettre | to put, to wear (to put on) |
se mettre | to put os somewhere, to become (weather), to start or take up |
mordre | to bite, to bite into |
se mordre | to bite os |
naître | to be born |
nuire | to harm, to damage |
offrir | to offer, to give |
se offrir | to treat onself to, to reveal oneself to |
ouvrir | to open, to open up, to answer the door |
se ouvrir | to open, to unfasten, to slash or cut os |
paraître | to become visible, to be published, to seem, to appear, to look [like something] |
partir | to leave, to depart, to emanate, to die |
perdre | to lose, to lose out, to waste, to miss |
se perdre | to get lost, to lose one’s way, to disappear |
permettre | to allow, to permit |
se permettre | to permit oneself, to indulge os |
plaire | to please, to like so , to be appreciated |
se plaire | to like doing st or being somewhere, to like eo |
pondre | to lay, to produce |
pouvoir | to be able to |
se pouvoir | to be possible [impersonal] |
prendre | to take, to get, to pick up |
se prendre | to consider oneself, to get caught / trapped |
produire | to produce |
se produire | to take place, to happen, to perform, to appear |
promettre | to promise |
se promettre | to permit oneself, to promise os |
rabattr | to decrease, to turn down, to reduce, to pull down |
se rabattre | to cut in, to fall back on |
reconnaître | to recognize, to admit, to acknowledge |
se reconnaître | to know where oneself is, to know one’s way around |
recouvrir | to cover [as the ground] |
redécouvrir | to rediscover |
réduire | to lower, to reduce, to cut, to shorten |
se réduire | to boil down to |
relire | to re-read, to read again |
se relire | to read over one’s own work |
remettre | to put back on, to postpone, to put off |
se remettre | to start doing something again, to get over st |
rendre | to give back, to return |
se rendre | to surrender, to give up |
reparaître | to reappear |
se repentir | to repent of [reflexive form only] |
répondre | to answer, to reply |
ressentir | to feel |
revivre | to relive, to live again, to be revived |
revoir | to see again, to review |
se revoir | to see each other again, to see os [e.g. as young] again |
satisfaire | to satisfy |
se satisfaire | to be satisfied with something |
savoir | to know, to know how to |
se savoir | to know about oneself, to be known |
séduire | to charm, to seduce, to appeal, to win over |
sentir | to smell, to taste, to feel |
se sentir | to feel something oneself |
sortir | to exit, to go out, to bring out, to come out |
se sortir | to get out of, to pull through |
souffrir | to be in pain, to suffer |
soumettre | to subjugate, to put down, to submit something |
se soumettre | to obey, to comply |
soutenir | to support, to stand up to, to keep up, to withstand |
se souvenir | to remember [reflexive form only] |
surprendre | to surprise |
se surprendre | to catch oneself doing something |
survivre | to survive, to outlive |
tenir | to hold, to hold out, to survive |
se tenir | to hold onto something, to hold on to eo |
traduire | to translate |
se traduire | to be translated, to be conveyed |
transmettre | to transmit, to broadcast, to hand down, to pass on |
se transmettre | to transmit to each other [disease, information] |
vendre | to sell |
se vendre | to be sold |
venir | to come, to come from |
vivre | to live |
voir | to see, to look at, to visit |
se voir | to see each other or oneself, to be seen, to stand out |
vouloir | to want, to wish, to desire |
se vouloir | to mean to be, to be willing |