atténuer
See also: attenuer
French edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin attenuāre.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /a.te.nɥe/
France (Lyon) (file) Audio (file) - Homophones: atténuai, atténué, atténuée, atténuées, atténués, atténuez
- Rhymes: -ɥe, -e
Verb edit
atténuer
- (transitive) to attenuate; to mitigate
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of atténuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | atténuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | atténuant /a.te.nɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | atténué /a.te.nɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | atténue /a.te.ny/ |
atténues /a.te.ny/ |
atténue /a.te.ny/ |
atténuons /a.te.nɥɔ̃/ |
atténuez /a.te.nɥe/ |
atténuent /a.te.ny/ |
| imperfect | atténuais /a.te.nɥɛ/ |
atténuais /a.te.nɥɛ/ |
atténuait /a.te.nɥɛ/ |
atténuions /a.te.ny.jɔ̃/ |
atténuiez /a.te.ny.je/ |
atténuaient /a.te.nɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | atténuai /a.te.nɥe/ |
atténuas /a.te.nɥa/ |
atténua /a.te.nɥa/ |
atténuâmes /a.te.nɥam/ |
atténuâtes /a.te.nɥat/ |
atténuèrent /a.te.nɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | atténuerai /a.te.ny.ʁe/ |
atténueras /a.te.ny.ʁa/ |
atténuera /a.te.ny.ʁa/ |
atténuerons /a.te.ny.ʁɔ̃/ |
atténuerez /a.te.ny.ʁe/ |
atténueront /a.te.ny.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | atténuerais /a.te.ny.ʁɛ/ |
atténuerais /a.te.ny.ʁɛ/ |
atténuerait /a.te.ny.ʁɛ/ |
atténuerions /a.te.ny.ʁjɔ̃/ |
atténueriez /a.te.ny.ʁje/ |
atténueraient /a.te.ny.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 | atténue /a.te.ny/ |
atténues /a.te.ny/ |
atténue /a.te.ny/ |
atténuions /a.te.ny.jɔ̃/ |
atténuiez /a.te.ny.je/ |
atténuent /a.te.ny/ |
| imperfect2 | atténuasse /a.te.nɥas/ |
atténuasses /a.te.nɥas/ |
atténuât /a.te.nɥa/ |
atténuassions /a.te.nɥa.sjɔ̃/ |
atténuassiez /a.te.nɥa.sje/ |
atténuassent /a.te.nɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | atténue /a.te.ny/ |
— | atténuons /a.te.nɥɔ̃/ |
atténuez /a.te.nɥe/ |
— | |
| 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
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “atténuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.