aboutir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French aboutir, from Old French aboutir (“to endure stubbornly, persist”), derived from bouter (“to persist”), ultimately of Germanic origin. By surface analysis, a- +‎ bouter. See also bout. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bu.tiʁ/ === Verb === aboutir (intransitive) (literally) to lead to, to end up in, to reach [with à] (figuratively) to lead to, to have the consequence of [with à] to reach a conclusion, to succeed to touch by one end ==== 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 ==== aboutissement tenants et aboutissants === Further reading === “aboutir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === abrouti broutai