maigrir
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
maigrir
- to slim, to get slim, to lose weight
Conjugation[edit]
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 maigrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | maigrir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | maigrissant /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | maigri /mɛ.ɡʁi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrit /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrissons /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ |
maigrissez /mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ |
maigrissent /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
| imperfect | maigrissais /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
maigrissais /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
maigrissait /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ |
maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
maigrissaient /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrit /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrîmes /mɛ.ɡʁim/ |
maigrîtes /mɛ.ɡʁit/ |
maigrirent /mɛ.ɡʁiʁ/ | |
| future | maigrirai /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ |
maigriras /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ |
maigrira /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ |
maigrirons /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ |
maigrirez /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ |
maigriront /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | maigrirais /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
maigrirais /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
maigrirait /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ |
maigririons /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
maigririez /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁje/ |
maigriraient /mɛ.ɡʁi.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 | maigrisse /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrisses /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrisse /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
maigrissent /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
| imperfect2 | maigrisse /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrisses /mɛ.ɡʁis/ |
maigrît /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ |
maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ |
maigrissent /mɛ.ɡʁis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ |
— | maigrissons /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ |
maigrissez /mɛ.ɡʁi.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 only usable with the preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “maigrir” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman[edit]
Etymology[edit]
maigre (“thin”) + -ir (compare French maigrir).
Verb[edit]
maigrir
- (Guernsey) to lose weight