# unir
## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūnīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic) [uˈni]
* IPA: (Valencia) [uˈniɾ]
* Homophone: uní

### Verb

unir (first-person singular present uneixo, first-person singular preterite uní, past participle unit)
* (transitive) to unite, join
* (transitive) to combine
* (transitive) to link together
* (intransitive) to be united, to be joined
* (pronominal) to join (a group), to become a participant or member of [with a]

#### Derived terms

* unir-se

#### Related terms

* un

### Further reading

* “unir” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “unir” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “unir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “unir” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French unir, borrowed from Latin ūnīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /y.niʁ/
* Rhymes: -iʁ
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Verb

unir
* (transitive) to unite, join
* (transitive) to combine

#### 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-.

#### Antonyms

* séparer

#### Derived terms

* Émirats arabes unis
* États-Unis d’Amérique
* prolétaires de tous les pays, unissez-vous

#### Related terms

* un
* uni
* union
* unique

### Further reading

* “unir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Ladin
### Etymology

From Latin ūnīre.

### Verb

unir
* to unite

#### Conjugation

* Ladin conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

## Occitan
### Etymology

From Latin ūnīre. Attested from the 14th century.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Béarn):(file)

### Verb

unir
* to unite

#### Conjugation

| | | simple | simple | simple | compound | compound | compound |
| infinitive | infinitive | unir | unir | unir | ?er unit | ?er unit | ?er unit |
| past participle | past participle | unit | unit | unit | — | — | — |
| gerund | gerund | unissent | unissent | unissent | ?ent unit | ?ent unit | ?ent unit |
| person | person | singular | singular | singular | plural | plural | plural |
| person | person | first | second | third | first | second | third |
| indicative | | ieu | tu | el | nosautres | vosautres | eles |
| indicative | present | unissi | unisses | unís | unissèm | unissètz | unisson |
| indicative | imperfect | unissiái | unissiás | unissiá | unissiam | unissiatz | unissián |
| indicative | preterite | uniguèri | uniguères | uniguèt | uniguèrem | uniguèretz | uniguèron |
| indicative | future | unirai | uniràs | unirà | unirem | uniretz | uniràn |
| indicative | conditional | uniriái | uniriás | uniriá | uniriam | uniriatz | unirián |
| indicative | conditional 2nd form$^1$ | uniguèra | uniguèras | uniguèra | unigueram | unigueratz | uniguèran |
| compound tenses | present perfect | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the present tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | past anterior | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the preterite tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | future perfect | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the future tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | conditional perfect | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle | use the conditional tense of ?er plus the past participle |
| subjunctive | | que ieu | que tu | que el | que nosautres | que vosautres | que eles |
| subjunctive | present | unisca | uniscas | unisca | uniscam | uniscatz | uniscan |
| subjunctive | imperfect | uniguèsse | uniguèsses | uniguèsse | uniguèssem | uniguèssetz | uniguèsson |
| compound tenses | past | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the present subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle |
| compound tenses | pluperfect | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle | use the imperfect subjunctive of ?er plus the past participle |
| imperative | imperative | — | tu | — | nosautres | vosautres | — |
| imperative | imperative | | unís | | uniscam | unissetz | $^1$Now chiefly obsolete, still in use in some Limousin and Vivaro-Alpin dialects |

#### Related terms

* union

### References

* ↑ Diccionari General de la Lenga Occitana, L’Academia occitana – Consistòri del Gai Saber, 2008-2024, page 618.

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ūnīre (“to unite”), from ūnus (“one”), from Old Latin oinos, from Proto-Indo-European *óynos (“one; single”).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈni(ʁ)/ [uˈni(h)]
* (Brazil) IPA: /uˈni(ʁ)/ [uˈni(h)]
** (São Paulo) IPA: /uˈni(ɾ)/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /uˈni(ʁ)/ [uˈni(χ)]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /uˈni(ɻ)/
* (Portugal) IPA: /uˈniɾ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /uˈniɾ/
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /uˈni.ɾi/
* Homophone: uni (Brazil)
* Hyphenation: u‧nir

### Verb

unir (first-person singular present uno, first-person singular preterite uni, past participle unido)
* (transitive) to bind; to connect
    Synonyms: colar, conectar, grudar, jungir, juntar, ligar, prender, vincular
    Antonyms: desconectar, desprender, desvincular, separar
* (transitive, intransitive) to unite (come or bring together as one)
    Synonyms: aliar, casar, conectar, juntar, vincular
    Antonyms: desvincular, separar

#### Related terms

* união
* unido

### Further reading

* “unir”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
* “unir”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
* “unir” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
* “unir”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
* “unir”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
* “unir”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ūnīre.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /uˈniɾ/ [uˈniɾ]
* Audio (Colombia):(file)
* Rhymes: -iɾ
* Syllabification: u‧nir

### Verb

unir (first-person singular present uno, first-person singular preterite uní, past participle unido)
* (transitive or reflexive) to unite, join
    ¡Únete al sindicato!Join up with the union!
* (transitive) to merge, conflate

#### Conjugation

$^1$Mostly obsolete, now mainly used in legal language. $^2$Argentine and Uruguayan voseo prefers the tú form for the present subjunctive.
These forms are generated automatically and may not actually be used. Pronoun usage varies by region.

#### Related terms

* un
* unible
* unido
* unión
* unitario
* unitivo

### References

* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983) “uno”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critic Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), volume V (Ri–X), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN, page 715

### Further reading

* “unir”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Venetan
### Etymology

From Latin ūnīre. Compare Italian unire.

### Verb

unir
* (transitive) to unite, join (together)

#### Conjugation

* Venetan conjugation varies from one region to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* (North Wales) IPA: /ˈɨ̞nɪr/
* (South Wales) IPA: /ˈiːnɪr/, /ˈɪnɪr/

### Verb

unir
* (literary) impersonal present/future of uno