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maigrir
maigrir
French
Verb
maigrir
- to slim, to get slim, to lose weight
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 maigrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | maigrir | avoir maigri | |||||
| gerund | en maigrissant | en ayant maigri | |||||
| present participle | maigrissant /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | maigri /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 | maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrit /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrissons /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ |
maigrissez /mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ |
maigrissent /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
| imperfect | maigrissais /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
maigrissais /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
maigrissait /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
maigrissaient /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrit /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrîmes /mɛ.ɡʁim/ |
maigrîtes /mɛ.ɡʁit/ |
maigrirent /mɛ.ɡʁiʁ/ |
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| future | maigrirai /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ |
maigriras /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ |
maigrira /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ |
maigrirons /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
maigrirez /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ |
maigriront /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | maigrirais /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
maigrirais /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
maigrirait /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
maigririons /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
maigririez /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁje/ |
maigriraient /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 | maigrisse /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrisses /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrisse /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
maigrissent /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
| imperfect1 |
maigrisse /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrisses /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrît /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
maigrissent /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 | – | |
| — | maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
— | maigrissons /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ |
maigrissez /mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Norman
Etymology
maigre (“thin”) + -ir (compare French maigrir).
Verb
maigrir
- (Guernsey) to lose weight