alourdir

== French == === Etymology === a- +‎ lourd +‎ -ir === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.luʁ.diʁ/ === Verb === alourdir (transitive) to weigh down (reflexive) to pile up (of e.g. problems, to get worse) ==== 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-. ==== Related terms ==== alourdissement lourd === Further reading === “alourdir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012