assourdir

== French == === Etymology === See a- +‎ sourd +‎ -ir. Compare also Italian assordire. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.suʁ.diʁ/ === Verb === assourdir to deafen Synonym: rendre sourd Coordinate term: aveugler (phonetics) to devoice Synonym: dévoiser ==== 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 ==== assourdissable assourdissant === Further reading === “assourdir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012