maigrir

French

Etymology

From maigre +‎ -ir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɛ.ɡʁiʁ/, /me.ɡʁiʁ/

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Verb

maigrir

1. to slim, to get slim, to lose weight

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 maigrir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	maigrir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	maigrissant /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		maigri /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/	maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/	maigrit /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/	maigrissons /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/	maigrissez /mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ or /me.ɡʁi.se/	maigrissent /mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /me.ɡʁis/
	imperfect	maigrissais /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /me.ɡʁi.sɛ/	maigrissais /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /me.ɡʁi.sɛ/	maigrissait /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /me.ɡʁi.sɛ/	maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/	maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /me.ɡʁi.sje/	maigrissaient /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɛ/ or /me.ɡʁi.sɛ/
	past historic2	maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/	maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/	maigrit /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/	maigrîmes /mɛ.ɡʁim/ or /me.ɡʁim/	maigrîtes /mɛ.ɡʁit/ or /me.ɡʁit/	maigrirent /mɛ.ɡʁiʁ/ or /me.ɡʁiʁ/
	future	maigrirai /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁe/	maigriras /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁa/	maigrira /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁa/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁa/	maigrirons /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/	maigrirez /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁe/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁe/	maigriront /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	maigrirais /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/	maigrirais /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/	maigrirait /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/	maigririons /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	maigririez /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁje/ or /me.ɡʁi.ʁje/	maigriraient /mɛ.ɡʁi.ʁɛ/ or /me.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/ or /me.ɡʁis/	maigrisses /mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /me.ɡʁis/	maigrisse /mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /me.ɡʁis/	maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/	maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /me.ɡʁi.sje/	maigrissent /mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /me.ɡʁis/
	imperfect2	maigrisse /mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /me.ɡʁis/	maigrisses /mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /me.ɡʁis/	maigrît /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/	maigrissions /mɛ.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.sjɔ̃/	maigrissiez /mɛ.ɡʁi.sje/ or /me.ɡʁi.sje/	maigrissent /mɛ.ɡʁis/ or /me.ɡʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	maigris /mɛ.ɡʁi/ or /me.ɡʁi/	—	maigrissons /mɛ.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/ or /me.ɡʁi.sɔ̃/	maigrissez /mɛ.ɡʁi.se/ or /me.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 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).

Related terms

• maigrement
• maigreur

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

maigre (“thin”) +‎ -ir (compare French maigrir).

Verb

maigrir

1. (Guernsey) to lose weight