amuïr

French

Etymology

From a Vulgar Latin *admūtīre, from mūtus (“mute, silent”). Analysable as a- +‎ mu(et) +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.mɥiʁ/, /a.my.iʁ/

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Verb

amuïr

1. (takes a reflexive pronoun, linguistics) to become mute, to disappear (of a sound)

Conjugation

Conjugation of s'amuïr (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	s'amuïr
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	s’amuïssant /sa.mɥi.sɑ̃/ or /sa.my.i.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		amuï /a.mɥi/ or /a.my.i/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’amuïs /ma.mɥi/ or /ma.my.i/	t’amuïs /ta.mɥi/ or /ta.my.i/	s’amuït /sa.mɥi/ or /sa.my.i/	nous amuïssons /nu.z‿a.mɥi.sɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.my.i.sɔ̃/	vous amuïssez /vu.z‿a.mɥi.se/ or /vu.z‿a.my.i.se/	s’amuïssent /sa.mɥis/ or /sa.my.is/
	imperfect	m’amuïssais /ma.mɥi.sɛ/ or /ma.my.i.sɛ/	t’amuïssais /ta.mɥi.sɛ/ or /ta.my.i.sɛ/	s’amuïssait /sa.mɥi.sɛ/ or /sa.my.i.sɛ/	nous amuïssions /nu.z‿a.mɥi.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.my.i.sjɔ̃/	vous amuïssiez /vu.z‿a.mɥi.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.my.i.sje/	s’amuïssaient /sa.mɥi.sɛ/ or /sa.my.i.sɛ/
	past historic2	m’amuïs /ma.mɥi/ or /ma.my.i/	t’amuïs /ta.mɥi/ or /ta.my.i/	s’amuït /sa.mɥi/ or /sa.my.i/	nous amuïmes /nu.z‿a.mɥim/ or /nu.z‿a.my.im/	vous amuïtes /vu.z‿a.mɥit/ or /vu.z‿a.my.it/	s’amuïrent /sa.mɥiʁ/ or /sa.my.iʁ/
	future	m’amuïrai /ma.mɥi.ʁe/ or /ma.my.i.ʁe/	t’amuïras /ta.mɥi.ʁa/ or /ta.my.i.ʁa/	s’amuïra /sa.mɥi.ʁa/ or /sa.my.i.ʁa/	nous amuïrons /nu.z‿a.mɥi.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.my.i.ʁɔ̃/	vous amuïrez /vu.z‿a.mɥi.ʁe/ or /vu.z‿a.my.i.ʁe/	s’amuïront /sa.mɥi.ʁɔ̃/ or /sa.my.i.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	m’amuïrais /ma.mɥi.ʁɛ/ or /ma.my.i.ʁɛ/	t’amuïrais /ta.mɥi.ʁɛ/ or /ta.my.i.ʁɛ/	s’amuïrait /sa.mɥi.ʁɛ/ or /sa.my.i.ʁɛ/	nous amuïrions /nu.z‿a.mɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.my.i.ʁjɔ̃/	vous amuïriez /vu.z‿a.mɥi.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.my.i.ʁje/	s’amuïraient /sa.mɥi.ʁɛ/ or /sa.my.i.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	m’amuïsse /ma.mɥis/ or /ma.my.is/	t’amuïsses /ta.mɥis/ or /ta.my.is/	s’amuïsse /sa.mɥis/ or /sa.my.is/	nous amuïssions /nu.z‿a.mɥi.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.my.i.sjɔ̃/	vous amuïssiez /vu.z‿a.mɥi.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.my.i.sje/	s’amuïssent /sa.mɥis/ or /sa.my.is/
	imperfect2	m’amuïsse /ma.mɥis/ or /ma.my.is/	t’amuïsses /ta.mɥis/ or /ta.my.is/	s’amuït /sa.mɥi/ or /sa.my.i/	nous amuïssions /nu.z‿a.mɥi.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.my.i.sjɔ̃/	vous amuïssiez /vu.z‿a.mɥi.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.my.i.sje/	s’amuïssent /sa.mɥis/ or /sa.my.is/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amuïs-toi /a.mɥi.twa/ or /a.my.i.twa/	—	amuïssons-nous /a.mɥi.sɔ̃.nu/ or /a.my.i.sɔ̃.nu/	amuïssez-vous /a.mɥi.se.vu/ or /a.my.i.se.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Derived terms

• amuïssement
• s’amuïr

Further reading

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