amincir
French
Etymology
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 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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.