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).

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