maigrir
French
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /mɛ.ɡʁiʁ/, /me.ɡʁiʁ/
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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: 
 (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
    
Further reading
    
- “maigrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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