amincir
French
Etymology
From a- + mince + -ir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.mɛ̃.siʁ/
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Verb
amincir
- (transitive) to thin (down)
- (reflexive) to get thinner
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 amincir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | amincir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | amincissant /a.mɛ̃.si.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | aminci /a.mɛ̃.si/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | amincis /a.mɛ̃.si/ | amincis /a.mɛ̃.si/ | amincit /a.mɛ̃.si/ | amincissons /a.mɛ̃.si.sɔ̃/ | amincissez /a.mɛ̃.si.se/ | amincissent /a.mɛ̃.sis/ |
imperfect | amincissais /a.mɛ̃.si.sɛ/ | amincissais /a.mɛ̃.si.sɛ/ | amincissait /a.mɛ̃.si.sɛ/ | amincissions /a.mɛ̃.si.sjɔ̃/ | amincissiez /a.mɛ̃.si.sje/ | amincissaient /a.mɛ̃.si.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | amincis /a.mɛ̃.si/ | amincis /a.mɛ̃.si/ | amincit /a.mɛ̃.si/ | amincîmes /a.mɛ̃.sim/ | amincîtes /a.mɛ̃.sit/ | amincirent /a.mɛ̃.siʁ/ | |
future | amincirai /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁe/ | aminciras /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁa/ | amincira /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁa/ | amincirons /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁɔ̃/ | amincirez /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁe/ | aminciront /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | amincirais /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁɛ/ | amincirais /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁɛ/ | amincirait /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁɛ/ | amincirions /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁjɔ̃/ | aminciriez /a.mɛ̃.si.ʁje/ | aminciraient /a.mɛ̃.si.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 | amincisse /a.mɛ̃.sis/ | amincisses /a.mɛ̃.sis/ | amincisse /a.mɛ̃.sis/ | amincissions /a.mɛ̃.si.sjɔ̃/ | amincissiez /a.mɛ̃.si.sje/ | amincissent /a.mɛ̃.sis/ |
imperfect2 | amincisse /a.mɛ̃.sis/ | amincisses /a.mɛ̃.sis/ | amincît /a.mɛ̃.si/ | amincissions /a.mɛ̃.si.sjɔ̃/ | amincissiez /a.mɛ̃.si.sje/ | amincissent /a.mɛ̃.sis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | amincis /a.mɛ̃.si/ | — | amincissons /a.mɛ̃.si.sɔ̃/ | amincissez /a.mɛ̃.si.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). |
Further reading
- “amincir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.