attendrir
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
attendrir
- to make softer or more tender; to soften
- (figuratively, of a person) to soften (up)
- (reflexive, s'attendrir) to soften up (become softer)
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 attendrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | attendrir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | attendrissant /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | attendri /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrit /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrissons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/ |
attendrissez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.se/ |
attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
| imperfect | attendrissais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
attendrissais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
attendrissait /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ |
attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
attendrissaient /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrit /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrîmes /a.tɑ̃.dʁim/ |
attendrîtes /a.tɑ̃.dʁit/ |
attendrirent /a.tɑ̃.dʁiʁ/ | |
| future | attendrirai /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁe/ |
attendriras /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁa/ |
attendrira /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁa/ |
attendrirons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
attendrirez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁe/ |
attendriront /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | attendrirais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
attendrirais /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
attendrirait /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁɛ/ |
attendririons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
attendririez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.ʁje/ |
attendriraient /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.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 | attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrisses /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | attendrisse /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrisses /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ |
attendrît /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
attendrissions /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
attendrissiez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sje/ |
attendrissent /a.tɑ̃.dʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | attendris /a.tɑ̃.dʁi/ |
— | attendrissons /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.sɔ̃/ |
attendrissez /a.tɑ̃.dʁi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “attendrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.