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mincir: Conjugation

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

Present	Perfect
je mincis tu mincis il/elle mincit nous mincissons vous mincissez ils/elles mincissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' ai minci tu as minci il/elle a minci nous avons minci vous avez minci ils/elles ont minci Pronounce these verb forms
Imperfect	Pluperfect
je mincissais tu mincissais il/elle mincissait nous mincissions vous mincissiez ils/elles mincissaient Pronounce these verb forms	j' avais minci tu avais minci il/elle avait minci nous avions minci vous aviez minci ils/elles avaient minci Pronounce these verb forms
Future	Future-perfect
je mincirai tu minciras il/elle mincira nous mincirons vous mincirez ils/elles minciront Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurai minci tu auras minci il/elle aura minci nous aurons minci vous aurez minci ils/elles auront minci Pronounce these verb forms
Conditional	Conditional perfect
je mincirais tu mincirais il/elle mincirait nous mincirions vous minciriez ils/elles minciraient Pronounce these verb forms	j' aurais minci tu aurais minci il/elle aurait minci nous aurions minci vous auriez minci ils/elles auraient minci Pronounce these verb forms
Present subjunctive	Perfect subjunctive
je mincisse tu mincisses il/elle mincisse nous mincissions vous mincissiez ils/elles mincissent Pronounce these verb forms	j' aie minci tu aies minci il/elle ait minci nous ayons minci vous ayez minci ils/elles aient minci Pronounce these verb forms
Past historic	Past anterior
je mincis tu mincis il/elle mincit nous mincîmes vous mincîtes ils/elles mincirent Pronounce these verb forms	j' eus minci tu eus minci il/elle eut minci nous eûmes minci vous eûtes minci ils/elles eurent minci 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).