amatir

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

amatir

  1. to give gold or silver a matte finish

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 amatir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple amatir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple amatissant
/a.ma.ti.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle amati
/a.ma.ti/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present amatis
/a.ma.ti/ 		amatis
/a.ma.ti/ 		amatit
/a.ma.ti/ 		amatissons
/a.ma.ti.sɔ̃/ 		amatissez
/a.ma.ti.se/ 		amatissent
/a.ma.tis/
imperfect amatissais
/a.ma.ti.sɛ/ 		amatissais
/a.ma.ti.sɛ/ 		amatissait
/a.ma.ti.sɛ/ 		amatissions
/a.ma.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		amatissiez
/a.ma.ti.sje/ 		amatissaient
/a.ma.ti.sɛ/
past historic2 amatis
/a.ma.ti/ 		amatis
/a.ma.ti/ 		amatit
/a.ma.ti/ 		amatîmes
/a.ma.tim/ 		amatîtes
/a.ma.tit/ 		amatirent
/a.ma.tiʁ/
future amatirai
/a.ma.ti.ʁe/ 		amatiras
/a.ma.ti.ʁa/ 		amatira
/a.ma.ti.ʁa/ 		amatirons
/a.ma.ti.ʁɔ̃/ 		amatirez
/a.ma.ti.ʁe/ 		amatiront
/a.ma.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional amatirais
/a.ma.ti.ʁɛ/ 		amatirais
/a.ma.ti.ʁɛ/ 		amatirait
/a.ma.ti.ʁɛ/ 		amatirions
/a.ma.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ 		amatiriez
/a.ma.ti.ʁje/ 		amatiraient
/a.ma.ti.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 amatisse
/a.ma.tis/ 		amatisses
/a.ma.tis/ 		amatisse
/a.ma.tis/ 		amatissions
/a.ma.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		amatissiez
/a.ma.ti.sje/ 		amatissent
/a.ma.tis/
imperfect2 amatisse
/a.ma.tis/ 		amatisses
/a.ma.tis/ 		amatît
/a.ma.ti/ 		amatissions
/a.ma.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		amatissiez
/a.ma.ti.sje/ 		amatissent
/a.ma.tis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — amatis
/a.ma.ti/ 		— amatissons
/a.ma.ti.sɔ̃/ 		amatissez
/a.ma.ti.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).

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Dutch amateur (“amateur”), from French amateur, from Latin amātor (“lover”), from amō (“to love”).

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: ama‧tir

Noun

amatir

  1. amateur,
    1. a person attached to a particular pursuit, study, or science as to music or painting; especially one who cultivates any study or art, from taste or attachment, without pursuing it professionally.
    2. someone who is unqualified or insufficiently skillful.

Alternative forms

  • amatur (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Derived terms

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