affaiblir

== French == === Etymology === From a- +‎ faible (“weak”) +‎ -ir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.fɛ.bliʁ/ ~ /a.fe.bliʁ/ === Verb === affaiblir (transitive) to weaken, to flag, to make weaker, to enfeeble, enervate, attenuate (reflexive) to weaken, to become weaker ==== 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-. ==== Derived terms ==== affaibli affaiblissement affaiblisseur ==== Related terms ==== faiblir === Further reading === “affaiblir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012