blêmir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French blêmir, from Old French blemir, blesmir, from Frankish *blesmijan, *blasmijan (“to grow pale; make pale”), from Proto-Germanic *blasaz (“shining, white, fair, pale”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to shine, be white”). Cognate with Old High German blas (“white; having a blaze”) and English blaze. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /blɛ.miʁ/ ~ /ble.miʁ/ === Verb === blêmir to whiten; to become pale; to blanch ==== 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 ==== blême blémissement / blêmissement === Further reading === “blêmir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012