diminuer

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verb

to diminish
to decrease

Forms

Present

I	diminue
you	diminues
he, she, it	diminue
we	diminuons
you (plural)	diminuez
they	diminuent

Imperfect

I	diminuais
you	diminuais
he, she, it	diminuait
we	diminuions
you (plural)	diminuiez
they	diminuaient

Past historic

I	diminuai
you	diminuas
he, she, it	diminua
we	diminuâmes
you (plural)	diminuâtes
they	diminuèrent

Future

I	diminuerai
you	diminueras
he, she, it	diminuera
we	diminuerons
you (plural)	diminuerez
they	diminueront

Conditional

I	diminuerais
you	diminuerais
he, she, it	diminuerait
we	diminuerions
you (plural)	diminueriez
they	diminueraient

Subjunctive

I	diminue
you	diminues
he, she, it	diminue
we	diminuions
you (plural)	diminuiez
they	diminuent

Imperfect subjunctive

I	diminuasse
you	diminuasses
he, she, it	diminuât
we	diminuassions
you (plural)	diminuassiez
they	diminuassent

Imperative

you	diminue
we	diminuons
you (plural)	diminuez

Other forms

infinitive	diminuer
past participle	diminué
gerund	diminuant

More forms are in the app.

Used in the library

Lorsque la chaleur semblait diminuer, la mère Chapdelaine disait d'un ton inquiet:When the heat seemed to decrease, Mother Chapdelaine said in an anxious tone:B1Maria Chapdelaine
Le tremblement de la terre diminuait, et le fracas s'éloignait aussi.The earthquake was decreasing, and the crash was also moving away.B2Le Chevalier de Mornac
La pauvreté lui répugnait, l’abjection la diminuait des deux tiers de sa grandeur.Poverty repulsed him, abjection reduced him by two thirds of his greatness.B2Les Trois Mousquetaires
Cela joint aux persécutions religieuses dont une partie d'entre eux était l'objet, devait diminuer leurs regrets en quittant un pays dont le présent et le passé leur présentaient de si sombres images.This combined with the religious persecutions, some of which were the object, had to reduce their regrets by leaving a country whose present and past presented such dark images to them.C1Histoire du Canada, tome I

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