baudir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French baudir, from Old French baudir, baldir, from Frankish *baldijan, from Proto-Germanic *balþijaną, from Proto-Germanic *balþaz (“bold”). Cognate with Old English bieldan (“to make bold; embolden”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bo.diʁ/ === Verb === baudir (transitive) to embolden ==== 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 ==== ébaudir === Further reading === “baudir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012