fuiront

Fuiront is the third-person plural form of the French verb fuir in the futur simple, meaning they will flee. As a single word, fuiront corresponds to ils fuiront, used when the subject is they. The form is built from the stem fuir- with the standard future endings -ai, -as, -a, -ons, -ez, -ont; for the third person plural the ending is -ont, giving fuiront.

The full futur simple conjugation of fuir is: je fuirai, tu fuiras, il fuira, nous fuirons, vous fuirez, ils fuiront. The word fuir itself comes from the Latin fugere, meaning to flee, and entered Old French in forms that eventually led to the modern verb fuir and its conjugation pattern. Fuir is considered irregular in some tenses, but in the futur simple it follows the regular -oir verb endings with the appropriate stem used for each person.

Usage and style: fuir is most often encountered in written or formal contexts, including narrative prose, historical writing, and literary translations. In everyday speech, speakers frequently use compounds such as s’enfuir (to run away) or other verbs with similar meaning. The form fuiront appears in sentences describing a future action by a plural subject, for example: Ils fuiront l’ennemi demain.

See also: fuir, s’enfuir, list of French verb conjugations. The form fuiront is specific to the futur simple and is not a separate tense or mood.