amoindrir
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
amoindrir
- (transitive) to lessen, degrade, decrease, shrink
- (transitive) to weaken
- (reflexive) to shrink, wean, reduce
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 amoindrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | amoindrir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amoindrissant /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amoindri /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | amoindris /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindris /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindrit /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindrissons /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/ |
amoindrissez /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.se/ |
amoindrissent /a.mwɛ̃.dʁis/ |
| imperfect | amoindrissais /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
amoindrissais /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
amoindrissait /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
amoindrissions /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
amoindrissiez /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
amoindrissaient /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | amoindris /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindris /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindrit /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindrîmes /a.mwɛ̃.dʁim/ |
amoindrîtes /a.mwɛ̃.dʁit/ |
amoindrirent /a.mwɛ̃.dʁiʁ/ | |
| future | amoindrirai /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁe/ |
amoindriras /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁa/ |
amoindrira /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁa/ |
amoindrirons /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
amoindrirez /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁe/ |
amoindriront /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | amoindrirais /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
amoindrirais /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
amoindrirait /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
amoindririons /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amoindririez /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.ʁje/ |
amoindriraient /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.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 | amoindrisse /a.mwɛ̃.dʁis/ |
amoindrisses /a.mwɛ̃.dʁis/ |
amoindrisse /a.mwɛ̃.dʁis/ |
amoindrissions /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
amoindrissiez /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
amoindrissent /a.mwɛ̃.dʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | amoindrisse /a.mwɛ̃.dʁis/ |
amoindrisses /a.mwɛ̃.dʁis/ |
amoindrît /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindrissions /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
amoindrissiez /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
amoindrissent /a.mwɛ̃.dʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amoindris /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
— | amoindrissons /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/ |
amoindrissez /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “amoindrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.