mincir

French

Etymology

mince +‎ -ir.

Verb

mincir

1. to make thinner or slimmer

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 mincir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		mincir			avoir or être minci
gerund		en mincissant			en ayant minci or en étant minci
present participle		mincissant
past participle		minci
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	mincis	mincis	mincit	mincissons	mincissez	mincissent
	imperfect	mincissais	mincissais	mincissait	mincissions	mincissiez	mincissaient
	past historic1	mincis	mincis	mincit	mincîmes	mincîtes	mincirent
	future	mincirai	minciras	mincira	mincirons	mincirez	minciront
	conditional	mincirais	mincirais	mincirait	mincirions	minciriez	minciraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir or être followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	mincisse	mincisses	mincisse	mincissions	mincissiez	mincissent
	imperfect1	mincisse	mincisses	mincît	mincissions	mincissiez	mincissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	mincis	—	mincissons	mincissez	—
1literary tenses

Synonyms

• maigrir, amincir