assouvir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Vulgar Latin *assōpīre (“satisfy”), from Latin sōpiō (“to sleep”) (influenced by Old French assevir (“attain”)). Doublet of assoupir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.su.viʁ/ Rhymes: -iʁ === Verb === assouvir (transitive) to satisfy, assuage (hunger, passion, etc.) ==== 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 ==== assouvissable assouvissance assouvissement === Further reading === “assouvir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012