amenuiser
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
amenuiser
- (transitive) to make thinner
- (transitive) to thin out
- (reflexive) to get slimmer; to slim
- (reflexive, of e.g. supplies) to dwindle; to run low
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of amenuiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | amenuiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amenuisant /a.mə.nɥi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amenuisé /a.mə.nɥi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
amenuises /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
amenuisons /a.mə.nɥi.zɔ̃/ |
amenuisez /a.mə.nɥi.ze/ |
amenuisent /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
| imperfect | amenuisais /a.mə.nɥi.zɛ/ |
amenuisais /a.mə.nɥi.zɛ/ |
amenuisait /a.mə.nɥi.zɛ/ |
amenuisions /a.mə.nɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
amenuisiez /a.mə.nɥi.zje/ |
amenuisaient /a.mə.nɥi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amenuisai /a.mə.nɥi.ze/ |
amenuisas /a.mə.nɥi.za/ |
amenuisa /a.mə.nɥi.za/ |
amenuisâmes /a.mə.nɥi.zam/ |
amenuisâtes /a.mə.nɥi.zat/ |
amenuisèrent /a.mə.nɥi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | amenuiserai /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁe/ |
amenuiseras /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁa/ |
amenuisera /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁa/ |
amenuiserons /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɔ̃/ |
amenuiserez /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁe/ |
amenuiseront /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amenuiserais /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/ |
amenuiserais /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/ |
amenuiserait /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/ |
amenuiserions /a.mə.nɥi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amenuiseriez /a.mə.nɥi.zə.ʁje/ |
amenuiseraient /a.mə.nɥiz.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 | amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
amenuises /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
amenuisions /a.mə.nɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
amenuisiez /a.mə.nɥi.zje/ |
amenuisent /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
| imperfect2 | amenuisasse /a.mə.nɥi.zas/ |
amenuisasses /a.mə.nɥi.zas/ |
amenuisât /a.mə.nɥi.za/ |
amenuisassions /a.mə.nɥi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
amenuisassiez /a.mə.nɥi.za.sje/ |
amenuisassent /a.mə.nɥi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/ |
— | amenuisons /a.mə.nɥi.zɔ̃/ |
amenuisez /a.mə.nɥi.ze/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “amenuiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.