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amoindrir
amoindrir
French
Verb
amoindrir
- (transitive) to lessen, degrade, decrease, shrink
- (transitive) to weaken
- (reflexive) to shrink, wean, reduce
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 amoindrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | amoindrir | avoir amoindri | |||||
| gerund | en amoindrissant | en ayant amoindri | |||||
| present participle | amoindrissant /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | amoindri /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | amoindris /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindris /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindrit /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
amoindrîmes /a.mwɛ̃.dʁim/ |
amoindrîtes /a.mwɛ̃.dʁit/ |
amoindrirent /a.mwɛ̃.dʁiʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| 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/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | amoindris /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi/ |
— | amoindrissons /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/ |
amoindrissez /a.mwɛ̃.dʁi.se/ |
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