embellir in French dictionary

embellir

Meanings and definitions of "embellir"

Faire paraitre quelque chose de négatif meilleur que ce qu'elle est en réalité.
Rendre plus beau.

Synonyms of "embellir" in French dictionary

hausser, mythifier, orner are the top synonyms of "embellir" in the French thesaurus.

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Grammar and declension of embellir

(Verb) 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 embellir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		embellir			avoir embelli
gerund		en embellissant			en ayant embelli
present participle		embellissant
past participle		embelli
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simpletenses	present	embellis	embellis	embellit	embellissons	embellissez	embellissent
	imperfect	embellissais	embellissais	embellissait	embellissions	embellissiez	embellissaient
	past historic¹	embellis	embellis	embellit	embellîmes	embellîtes	embellirent
	future	embellirai	embelliras	embellira	embellirons	embellirez	embelliront
	conditional	embellirais	embellirais	embellirait	embellirions	embelliriez	embelliraient
compoundtenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simpletenses	present	embellisse	embellisses	embellisse	embellissions	embellissiez	embellissent
simpletenses	imperfect¹	embellisse	embellisses	embellît	embellissions	embellissiez	embellissent
compoundtenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
compoundtenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	embellis	—	embellissons	embellissez	—
¹literary tenses

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 embellir

		simple			compound
infinitive		embellir			avoir embelli
gerund		en embellissant			en ayant embelli
present participle		embellissant /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɑ̃/
past participle		embelli /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/
person		singular			plural
person		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/	embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/	embellit /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/	embellissons /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɔ̃/	embellissez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.se/	embellissent /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/
	imperfect	embellissais /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɛ/	embellissais /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɛ/	embellissait /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɛ/	embellissions /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sjɔ̃/	embellissiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sje/	embellissaient /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɛ/
	past historic¹	embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/	embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/	embellit /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/	embellîmes /ɑ̃.bɛ.lim/	embellîtes /ɑ̃.bɛ.lit/	embellirent /ɑ̃.bɛ.liʁ/
	future	embellirai /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁe/	embelliras /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁa/	embellira /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁa/	embellirons /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɔ̃/	embellirez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁe/	embelliront /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	embellirais /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɛ/	embellirais /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɛ/	embellirait /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɛ/	embellirions /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁjɔ̃/	embelliriez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁje/	embelliraient /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior¹	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	embellisse /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/	embellisses /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/	embellisse /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/	embellissions /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sjɔ̃/	embellissiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sje/	embellissent /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/
simple tenses	imperfect¹	embellisse /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/	embellisses /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/	embellît /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/	embellissions /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sjɔ̃/	embellissiez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sje/	embellissent /ɑ̃.bɛ.lis/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect¹	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
imperative		—	embellis /ɑ̃.bɛ.li/	—	embellissons /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.sɔ̃/	embellissez /ɑ̃.bɛ.li.se/	—
¹literary tenses

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