amaigrir

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ maigre +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

amaigrir

1. (transitive, said of an illness, hard work, abuse etc.) to emaciate make thinner (in an unhealthy way)
2. (reflexive, said of a person) to get thinner (in an unhealthy way), to become emaciated

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-.

Conjugation of amaigrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amaigrir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amaigrissant /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amaigri /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/	amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/	amaigrit /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/	amaigrissons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/	amaigrissez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.se/	amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/
	imperfect	amaigrissais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɛ/	amaigrissais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɛ/	amaigrissait /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɛ/	amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/	amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sje/	amaigrissaient /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɛ/
	past historic2	amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/	amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/	amaigrit /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/	amaigrîmes /a.mɛ.ɡʁim/ or /a.me.ɡʁim/	amaigrîtes /a.mɛ.ɡʁit/ or /a.me.ɡʁit/	amaigrirent /a.mɛ.ɡʁiʁ/ or /a.me.ɡʁiʁ/
	future	amaigrirai /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁe/	amaigriras /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁa/	amaigrira /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁa/	amaigrirons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/	amaigrirez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁe/	amaigriront /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amaigrirais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/	amaigrirais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/	amaigrirait /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/	amaigririons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	amaigririez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁje/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁje/	amaigriraient /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/	amaigrisses /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/	amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/	amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/	amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sje/	amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/
	imperfect2	amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/	amaigrisses /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/	amaigrît /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/	amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/	amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sje/	amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/	—	amaigrissons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/	amaigrissez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• amaigrissement m (noun)

Related terms

• maigrir (to make or get thinner, in a positive way)

Further reading

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