amincir

French

Etymology

From a- +‎ mince +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɛ̃.siʁ/

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Verb

amincir

1. (transitive) to thin (down)
2. (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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Further reading

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