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FreEng Verbs-3rd Grp
French-English Verbs in the 3rd Group /Irregular
| French | English |
|---|---|
| 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 |