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amaigrir
amaigrir
French
Verb
amaigrir
- (transitive, said of an illness, hard work, abuse etc.) to emaciate make thinner (in an unhealthy way)
- (reflexive, said of a person) to get thinner (in an unhealthy way), to become emaciated
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 amaigrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | amaigrir | avoir amaigri | |||||
| gerund | en amaigrissant | en ayant amaigri | |||||
| present participle | amaigrissant /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | amaigri /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
amaigrit /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
amaigrissons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ |
amaigrissez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ |
amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
| imperfect | amaigrissais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
amaigrissais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
amaigrissait /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
amaigrissaient /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
amaigrit /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
amaigrîmes /a.mɛ.ɡʁim/ |
amaigrîtes /a.mɛ.ɡʁit/ |
amaigrirent /a.mɛ.ɡʁiʁ/ |
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| future | amaigrirai /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ |
amaigriras /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ |
amaigrira /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ |
amaigrirons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
amaigrirez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ |
amaigriront /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | amaigrirais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
amaigrirais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
amaigrirait /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
amaigririons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
amaigririez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁje/ |
amaigriraient /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.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 | amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
amaigrisses /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
| imperfect1 |
amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
amaigrisses /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
amaigrît /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
— | amaigrissons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ |
amaigrissez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Derived terms
- amaigrissement noun m
Related terms
- maigrir (to make or get thinner, in a positive way)