atténuer

See also: attenuer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin attenuāre.

Pronunciation

Verb

atténuer

  1. (transitive) to attenuate; to mitigate

Conjugation
Conjugation of atténuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple atténuer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple atténuant
/a.te.nɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle atténué
/a.te.nɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present atténue
/a.te.ny/		 atténues
/a.te.ny/		 atténue
/a.te.ny/		 atténuons
/a.te.nɥɔ̃/		 atténuez
/a.te.nɥe/		 atténuent
/a.te.ny/
imperfect atténuais
/a.te.nɥɛ/		 atténuais
/a.te.nɥɛ/		 atténuait
/a.te.nɥɛ/		 atténuions
/a.te.ny.jɔ̃/		 atténuiez
/a.te.ny.je/		 atténuaient
/a.te.nɥɛ/
past historic2 atténuai
/a.te.nɥe/		 atténuas
/a.te.nɥa/		 atténua
/a.te.nɥa/		 atténuâmes
/a.te.nɥam/		 atténuâtes
/a.te.nɥat/		 atténuèrent
/a.te.nɥɛʁ/
future atténuerai
/a.te.ny.ʁe/		 atténueras
/a.te.ny.ʁa/		 atténuera
/a.te.ny.ʁa/		 atténuerons
/a.te.ny.ʁɔ̃/		 atténuerez
/a.te.ny.ʁe/		 atténueront
/a.te.ny.ʁɔ̃/
conditional atténuerais
/a.te.ny.ʁɛ/		 atténuerais
/a.te.ny.ʁɛ/		 atténuerait
/a.te.ny.ʁɛ/		 atténuerions
/a.te.ny.ʁjɔ̃/		 atténueriez
/a.te.ny.ʁje/		 atténueraient
/a.te.ny.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 atténue
/a.te.ny/		 atténues
/a.te.ny/		 atténue
/a.te.ny/		 atténuions
/a.te.ny.jɔ̃/		 atténuiez
/a.te.ny.je/		 atténuent
/a.te.ny/
imperfect2 atténuasse
/a.te.nɥas/		 atténuasses
/a.te.nɥas/		 atténuât
/a.te.nɥa/		 atténuassions
/a.te.nɥa.sjɔ̃/		 atténuassiez
/a.te.nɥa.sje/		 atténuassent
/a.te.nɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — atténue
/a.te.ny/		 — atténuons
/a.te.nɥɔ̃/		 atténuez
/a.te.nɥe/		 —
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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