amenuiser

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ menuiser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mə.nɥi.ze/

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Verb

amenuiser

1. (transitive) to make thinner
2. (transitive) to thin out
3. (reflexive) to get slimmer; to slim
4. (reflexive, of e.g. supplies) to dwindle; to run low

Conjugation

Conjugation of amenuiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amenuiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amenuisant /a.mə.nɥi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amenuisé /a.mə.nɥi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/	amenuises /a.mə.nɥiz/	amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/	amenuisons /a.mə.nɥi.zɔ̃/	amenuisez /a.mə.nɥi.ze/	amenuisent /a.mə.nɥiz/
	imperfect	amenuisais /a.mə.nɥi.zɛ/	amenuisais /a.mə.nɥi.zɛ/	amenuisait /a.mə.nɥi.zɛ/	amenuisions /a.mə.nɥi.zjɔ̃/	amenuisiez /a.mə.nɥi.zje/	amenuisaient /a.mə.nɥi.zɛ/
	past historic2	amenuisai /a.mə.nɥi.ze/	amenuisas /a.mə.nɥi.za/	amenuisa /a.mə.nɥi.za/	amenuisâmes /a.mə.nɥi.zam/	amenuisâtes /a.mə.nɥi.zat/	amenuisèrent /a.mə.nɥi.zɛʁ/
	future	amenuiserai /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁe/	amenuiseras /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁa/	amenuisera /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁa/	amenuiserons /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɔ̃/	amenuiserez /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁe/	amenuiseront /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amenuiserais /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/	amenuiserais /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/	amenuiserait /a.mə.nɥiz.ʁɛ/	amenuiserions /a.mə.nɥi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	amenuiseriez /a.mə.nɥi.zə.ʁje/	amenuiseraient /a.mə.nɥiz.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	amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/	amenuises /a.mə.nɥiz/	amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/	amenuisions /a.mə.nɥi.zjɔ̃/	amenuisiez /a.mə.nɥi.zje/	amenuisent /a.mə.nɥiz/
	imperfect2	amenuisasse /a.mə.nɥi.zas/	amenuisasses /a.mə.nɥi.zas/	amenuisât /a.mə.nɥi.za/	amenuisassions /a.mə.nɥi.za.sjɔ̃/	amenuisassiez /a.mə.nɥi.za.sje/	amenuisassent /a.mə.nɥi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amenuise /a.mə.nɥiz/	—	amenuisons /a.mə.nɥi.zɔ̃/	amenuisez /a.mə.nɥi.ze/	—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• amenuisement

Further reading

• “amenuiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• menuisera