amaigrir

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French

Etymology

From a- +‎ maigre +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

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Verb

amaigrir

  1. (transitive, said of an illness, hard work, abuse etc.) to emaciate make thinner (in an unhealthy way)
  2. (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)
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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

  • maigrir (to make or get thinner, in a positive way)

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