saurir

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French saurir, from Old French sorir, from Frankish *saurijan, from Proto-Germanic *sauzijaną (to dry, sear), from Proto-Germanic *sauzaz (dry). By surface analysis, saur +‎ -ir. Cognate with English sear.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /sɔ.ʁiʁ/, /so.ʁiʁ/
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Verb

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saurir

  1. (transitive) to smoke (herrings)
  2. (transitive, Normandy) to smoke (ham)

Conjugation

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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-.

Further reading

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