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maigrir: Conjugation

The maigrir conjugation tables below show how to form the French verb maigrir according to tense and person. To listen to the pronunciation of a given tense of maigrir, click on the loudspeaker icon at the bottom of the table. See the notes on the conjugation of maigrir at the end of this page.

Present	Perfect
je maigris tu maigris il/elle maigrit nous maigrissons vous maigrissez ils/elles maigrissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai maigri tu as maigri il/elle a maigri nous avons maigri vous avez maigri ils/elles ont maigri Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je maigrissais tu maigrissais il/elle maigrissait nous maigrissions vous maigrissiez ils/elles maigrissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais maigri tu avais maigri il/elle avait maigri nous avions maigri vous aviez maigri ils/elles avaient maigri Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je maigrirai tu maigriras il/elle maigrira nous maigrirons vous maigrirez ils/elles maigriront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai maigri tu auras maigri il/elle aura maigri nous aurons maigri vous aurez maigri ils/elles auront maigri Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je maigrirais tu maigrirais il/elle maigrirait nous maigririons vous maigririez ils/elles maigriraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais maigri tu aurais maigri il/elle aurait maigri nous aurions maigri vous auriez maigri ils/elles auraient maigri Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je maigrisse tu maigrisses il/elle maigrisse nous maigrissions vous maigrissiez ils/elles maigrissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie maigri tu aies maigri il/elle ait maigri nous ayons maigri vous ayez maigri ils/elles aient maigri Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je maigris tu maigris il/elle maigrit nous maigrîmes vous maigrîtes ils/elles maigrirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus maigri tu eus maigri il/elle eut maigri nous eûmes maigri vous eûtes maigri ils/elles eurent maigri Pronounce these verb forms

This verb falls into the pattern commonly termed regular -ir verb. It is characterised by the consonant -ss- which appears before any ending beginning with a vowel (in the spelling) but not in the infinitive or past participle.

This is the pattern generally followed by verbs based on colours and some other common adjectives (such as (to turn red, blush), jaunir (to turn yellow), grandir (to grow), adoucir (to soften) etc. Many English verbs ending in -ish also have French counterparts ending in -ir and following this pattern (cf finir, polir, vernir (to varnish), abolir, ternir...

Around 300 verbs are reported to follow this pattern (Beescherelle (2006), la conjugaison pour tous). The category is marginally productive:

• On analogy with other verbs of the category, very occasional -ir neologisms are formed (cf amarsir);
• There is a very slight tendancy for irregular -ir verbs to "slip into" the regular -ir pattern. In educated usage, this happens in some senses for saillir and ressortir in some senses, and sometimes for the verb vêtir (Bescherelle, op cit, p. 27). Other non-standard forms occasionally found include vous bouillissez (instead of vous bouillez: see bouillir).