diminuer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīminuō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.mi.nɥe/

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Verb

diminuer

1. to diminish
2. to decrease

Conjugation

Conjugation of diminuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	diminuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	diminuant /di.mi.nɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		diminué /di.mi.nɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	diminue /di.mi.ny/	diminues /di.mi.ny/	diminue /di.mi.ny/	diminuons /di.mi.nɥɔ̃/	diminuez /di.mi.nɥe/	diminuent /di.mi.ny/
	imperfect	diminuais /di.mi.nɥɛ/	diminuais /di.mi.nɥɛ/	diminuait /di.mi.nɥɛ/	diminuions /di.mi.ny.jɔ̃/	diminuiez /di.mi.ny.je/	diminuaient /di.mi.nɥɛ/
	past historic2	diminuai /di.mi.nɥe/	diminuas /di.mi.nɥa/	diminua /di.mi.nɥa/	diminuâmes /di.mi.nɥam/	diminuâtes /di.mi.nɥat/	diminuèrent /di.mi.nɥɛʁ/
	future	diminuerai /di.mi.ny.ʁe/	diminueras /di.mi.ny.ʁa/	diminuera /di.mi.ny.ʁa/	diminuerons /di.mi.ny.ʁɔ̃/	diminuerez /di.mi.ny.ʁe/	diminueront /di.mi.ny.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	diminuerais /di.mi.ny.ʁɛ/	diminuerais /di.mi.ny.ʁɛ/	diminuerait /di.mi.ny.ʁɛ/	diminuerions /di.mi.ny.ʁjɔ̃/	diminueriez /di.mi.ny.ʁje/	diminueraient /di.mi.ny.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	diminue /di.mi.ny/	diminues /di.mi.ny/	diminue /di.mi.ny/	diminuions /di.mi.ny.jɔ̃/	diminuiez /di.mi.ny.je/	diminuent /di.mi.ny/
	imperfect2	diminuasse /di.mi.nɥas/	diminuasses /di.mi.nɥas/	diminuât /di.mi.nɥa/	diminuassions /di.mi.nɥa.sjɔ̃/	diminuassiez /di.mi.nɥa.sje/	diminuassent /di.mi.nɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	diminue /di.mi.ny/	—	diminuons /di.mi.nɥɔ̃/	diminuez /di.mi.nɥe/	—
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).

Antonyms

• augmenter

Further reading

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

Interlingua

Verb

diminuer

1. to decrease

Conjugation

    Conjugation of diminuer

infinitive		diminuer
participle		present	perfect
		diminuente	diminuite
active		simple	perfect
	present	diminue	ha diminuite
	past	diminueva	habeva diminuite
	future	diminuera	habera diminuite
	conditional	diminuerea	haberea diminuite
	imperative	diminue	—
passive		simple	perfect
	present	es diminuite	ha essite diminuite
	past	esseva diminuite	habeva essite diminuite
	future	essera diminuite	habera essite diminuite
	conditional	esserea diminuite	haberea essite diminuite
	imperative	sia diminuite	—

Related terms

• diminution