éblouir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French esblouir, from Old French esbleuir (“to dazzle”), from Vulgar Latin *exblaudō (“to dazzle”, verb), from ex- + *blaudō (“to overwhelm, to make someone weak”, verb), from Frankish *blōthijan, *blauthijan (“to overcome, make weak”), from Proto-Germanic *blauþijaną (“to make weak, make void, soften”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰlaw- (“weak, frightened, timid”). Cognate with Old High German blōdi (“sluggish, feeble, physically weak”) ( > German blöde), Old English blēaþ (“gentle, timid, peaceful, inactive”), Danish blød (“soft”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.blu.iʁ/ === Verb === éblouir (transitive, also figurative) to dazzle ==== 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-. ==== Derived terms ==== éblouissant éblouissement === Further reading === “éblouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === boulier, oublier