amaigrir
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Verb
    
amaigrir
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)
| infinitive | simple | amaigrir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | amaigrissant /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/  | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | amaigri /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses)  | 
present | amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | 
amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | 
amaigrit /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | 
amaigrissons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/  | 
amaigrissez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.se/  | 
amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/  | 
| imperfect | amaigrissais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɛ/  | 
amaigrissais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɛ/  | 
amaigrissait /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɛ/  | 
amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/  | 
amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sje/  | 
amaigrissaient /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɛ/  | |
| past historic2 | amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | 
amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | 
amaigrit /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | 
amaigrîmes /a.mɛ.ɡʁim/ or /a.me.ɡʁim/  | 
amaigrîtes /a.mɛ.ɡʁit/ or /a.me.ɡʁit/  | 
amaigrirent /a.mɛ.ɡʁiʁ/ or /a.me.ɡʁiʁ/  | |
| future | amaigrirai /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁe/  | 
amaigriras /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁa/  | 
amaigrira /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁa/  | 
amaigrirons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/  | 
amaigrirez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁe/  | 
amaigriront /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/  | |
| conditional | amaigrirais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/  | 
amaigrirais /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/  | 
amaigrirait /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/  | 
amaigririons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
amaigririez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁje/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.ʁje/  | 
amaigriraient /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.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 | amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/  | 
amaigrisses /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/  | 
amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/  | 
amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/  | 
amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sje/  | 
amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/  | 
| imperfect2 | amaigrisse /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/  | 
amaigrisses /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/  | 
amaigrît /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | 
amaigrissions /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/  | 
amaigrissiez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sje/  | 
amaigrissent /a.mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /a.me.ɡʁis/  | |
| (compound tenses)  | 
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | amaigris /a.mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /a.me.ɡʁi/  | 
— | amaigrissons /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/  | 
amaigrissez /a.mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ or /a.me.ɡʁi.se/  | 
— | |
| 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:
 (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).  | |||||||
Derived terms
    
- amaigrissement m (noun)
 
Related terms
    
- maigrir (to make or get thinner, in a positive way)
 
Further reading
    
- “amaigrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
 
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