renchérir

French

Etymology

From re- + enchérir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.ʃe.ʁiʁ/
  • (file)

Verb

renchérir

  1. (intransitive) to go further (in speech, actions etc.)
  2. (intransitive) to go one better
  3. (transitive) to increase; to put up the price of

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-.

Further reading

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