alunir

== French == === Alternative forms === allunir (less common) === Etymology === From a- +‎ lune +‎ -ir, by analogy with atterrir and amerrir. Compare Italian allunare, Portuguese alunar, alunissar, Romanian aluniza, and Spanish alunizar. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.ly.niʁ/ Rhymes: -iʁ === Verb === alunir (intransitive) to land on the Moon [from 1921] ==== 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 ==== === References === === Further reading === “alunir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012