attrister

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.tʁis.te/

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Verb

attrister

1. to sadden, to make sad

Conjugation

Conjugation of attrister (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	attrister
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	attristant /a.tʁis.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		attristé /a.tʁis.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	attriste /a.tʁist/	attristes /a.tʁist/	attriste /a.tʁist/	attristons /a.tʁis.tɔ̃/	attristez /a.tʁis.te/	attristent /a.tʁist/
	imperfect	attristais /a.tʁis.tɛ/	attristais /a.tʁis.tɛ/	attristait /a.tʁis.tɛ/	attristions /a.tʁis.tjɔ̃/	attristiez /a.tʁis.tje/	attristaient /a.tʁis.tɛ/
	past historic2	attristai /a.tʁis.te/	attristas /a.tʁis.ta/	attrista /a.tʁis.ta/	attristâmes /a.tʁis.tam/	attristâtes /a.tʁis.tat/	attristèrent /a.tʁis.tɛʁ/
	future	attristerai /a.tʁis.tə.ʁe/	attristeras /a.tʁis.tə.ʁa/	attristera /a.tʁis.tə.ʁa/	attristerons /a.tʁis.tə.ʁɔ̃/	attristerez /a.tʁis.tə.ʁe/	attristeront /a.tʁis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	attristerais /a.tʁis.tə.ʁɛ/	attristerais /a.tʁis.tə.ʁɛ/	attristerait /a.tʁis.tə.ʁɛ/	attristerions /a.tʁis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	attristeriez /a.tʁis.tə.ʁje/	attristeraient /a.tʁis.tə.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	attriste /a.tʁist/	attristes /a.tʁist/	attriste /a.tʁist/	attristions /a.tʁis.tjɔ̃/	attristiez /a.tʁis.tje/	attristent /a.tʁist/
	imperfect2	attristasse /a.tʁis.tas/	attristasses /a.tʁis.tas/	attristât /a.tʁis.ta/	attristassions /a.tʁis.ta.sjɔ̃/	attristassiez /a.tʁis.ta.sje/	attristassent /a.tʁis.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	attriste /a.tʁist/	—	attristons /a.tʁis.tɔ̃/	attristez /a.tʁis.te/	—
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).

Related terms

• triste

Further reading

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