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Webster 1913 Edition
Attirer
At-tir′er
,Noun.
One who attires.
Webster 1828 Edition
Attirer
ATTI'RER
,Noun.
Definition 2025
attirer
attirer
French
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French atirer, atirier (“to draw to oneself”), from a- + tirer (“to draw, pull out with great effort, snatch violently, tear away”), from Gothic *𐍄𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌽 (tiran, “to tear away, remove”), from Proto-Germanic *teraną (“to tear, tear apart”), from Proto-Indo-European *derə- (“to tear, tear apart”), equivalent to a- + tirer. More at tirer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ti.ʁe/
Verb
attirer
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Conjugation
Conjugation of attirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | attirer | avoir attiré | |||||
| gerund | en attirant | en ayant attiré | |||||
| present participle | attirant /a.ti.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | attiré /a.ti.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | attire /a.tiʁ/ |
attires /a.tiʁ/ |
attire /a.tiʁ/ |
attirons /a.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
attirez /a.ti.ʁe/ |
attirent /a.tiʁ/ |
| imperfect | attirais /a.ti.ʁɛ/ |
attirais /a.ti.ʁɛ/ |
attirait /a.ti.ʁɛ/ |
attirions /a.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
attiriez /a.ti.ʁje/ |
attiraient /a.ti.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | attirai /a.ti.ʁe/ |
attiras /a.ti.ʁa/ |
attira /a.ti.ʁa/ |
attirâmes /a.ti.ʁam/ |
attirâtes /a.ti.ʁat/ |
attirèrent /a.ti.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | attirerai /a.ti.ʁə.ʁe/ |
attireras /a.ti.ʁə.ʁa/ |
attirera /a.ti.ʁə.ʁa/ |
attirerons /a.ti.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
attirerez /a.ti.ʁə.ʁe/ |
attireront /a.ti.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | attirerais /a.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
attirerais /a.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
attirerait /a.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
attirerions /a.ti.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
attireriez /a.ti.ʁə.ʁje/ |
attireraient /a.ti.ʁə.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 | attire /a.tiʁ/ |
attires /a.tiʁ/ |
attire /a.tiʁ/ |
attirions /a.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ |
attiriez /a.ti.ʁje/ |
attirent /a.tiʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
attirasse /a.ti.ʁas/ |
attirasses /a.ti.ʁas/ |
attirât /a.ti.ʁa/ |
attirassions /a.ti.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
attirassiez /a.ti.ʁa.sje/ |
attirassent /a.ti.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | attire /a.tiʁ/ |
— | attirons /a.ti.ʁɔ̃/ |
attirez /a.ti.ʁe/ |
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