amollir

French edit

Etymology edit

From a- +‎ mollir.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /a.mɔ.liʁ/
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Verb edit

amollir

to soften
Synonym: ameublir

Conjugation edit

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 amollir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	amollir
present participle or gerund¹	simple	amollissant /a.mɔ.li.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amolli /a.mɔ.li/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amollis /a.mɔ.li/	amollis /a.mɔ.li/	amollit /a.mɔ.li/	amollissons /a.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/	amollissez /a.mɔ.li.se/	amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/
	imperfect	amollissais /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/	amollissais /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/	amollissait /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/	amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/	amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/	amollissaient /a.mɔ.li.sɛ/
	past historic²	amollis /a.mɔ.li/	amollis /a.mɔ.li/	amollit /a.mɔ.li/	amollîmes /a.mɔ.lim/	amollîtes /a.mɔ.lit/	amollirent /a.mɔ.liʁ/
	future	amollirai /a.mɔ.li.ʁe/	amolliras /a.mɔ.li.ʁa/	amollira /a.mɔ.li.ʁa/	amollirons /a.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/	amollirez /a.mɔ.li.ʁe/	amolliront /a.mɔ.li.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amollirais /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/	amollirais /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/	amollirait /a.mɔ.li.ʁɛ/	amollirions /a.mɔ.li.ʁjɔ̃/	amolliriez /a.mɔ.li.ʁje/	amolliraient /a.mɔ.li.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	amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/	amollisses /a.mɔ.lis/	amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/	amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/	amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/	amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	amollisse /a.mɔ.lis/	amollisses /a.mɔ.lis/	amollît /a.mɔ.li/	amollissions /a.mɔ.li.sjɔ̃/	amollissiez /a.mɔ.li.sje/	amollissent /a.mɔ.lis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	amollis /a.mɔ.li/	—	amollissons /a.mɔ.li.sɔ̃/	amollissez /a.mɔ.li.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).