minorer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French minorer, itself a borrowing of the Latin minōrāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.nɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

minorer

1. (transitive) to diminish the value (of)

Conjugation

Conjugation of minorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	minorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	minorant /mi.nɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		minoré /mi.nɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	minore /mi.nɔʁ/	minores /mi.nɔʁ/	minore /mi.nɔʁ/	minorons /mi.nɔ.ʁɔ̃/	minorez /mi.nɔ.ʁe/	minorent /mi.nɔʁ/
	imperfect	minorais /mi.nɔ.ʁɛ/	minorais /mi.nɔ.ʁɛ/	minorait /mi.nɔ.ʁɛ/	minorions /mi.nɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	minoriez /mi.nɔ.ʁje/	minoraient /mi.nɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	minorai /mi.nɔ.ʁe/	minoras /mi.nɔ.ʁa/	minora /mi.nɔ.ʁa/	minorâmes /mi.nɔ.ʁam/	minorâtes /mi.nɔ.ʁat/	minorèrent /mi.nɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	minorerai /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	minoreras /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	minorera /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	minorerons /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	minorerez /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	minoreront /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	minorerais /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	minorerais /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	minorerait /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	minorerions /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	minoreriez /mi.nɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	minoreraient /mi.nɔ.ʁə.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	minore /mi.nɔʁ/	minores /mi.nɔʁ/	minore /mi.nɔʁ/	minorions /mi.nɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	minoriez /mi.nɔ.ʁje/	minorent /mi.nɔʁ/
	imperfect2	minorasse /mi.nɔ.ʁas/	minorasses /mi.nɔ.ʁas/	minorât /mi.nɔ.ʁa/	minorassions /mi.nɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	minorassiez /mi.nɔ.ʁa.sje/	minorassent /mi.nɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	minore /mi.nɔʁ/	—	minorons /mi.nɔ.ʁɔ̃/	minorez /mi.nɔ.ʁe/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

minōrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of minōrō

Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin minōrō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.noˈrɛ(r)/

Verb

minorer

1. (transitive) to diminish the importance (of)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of minorer

infinitive	simple	minorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	minorant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		minoré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	minore	minores	minore	minorons	minorez	minorent
	imperfect	minorois, minoroys	minorois, minoroys	minoroit, minoroyt	minorions, minoryons	minoriez, minoryez	minoroient, minoroyent
	past historic	minora	minoras	minora	minorasmes	minorastes	minorerent
	future	minorerai, minoreray	minoreras	minorera	minorerons	minorerez	minoreront
	conditional	minorerois, minoreroys	minorerois, minoreroys	minoreroit, minoreroyt	minorerions, minoreryons	minoreriez, minoreryez	minoreroient, minoreroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	minore	minores	minore	minorons	minorez	minorent
	imperfect	minorasse	minorasses	minorast	minorassions	minorassiez	minorassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	minore	—	minorons	minorez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: minorer