amoindrir

== French == === Etymology === From a- +‎ moindre +‎ -ir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.mwɛ̃.dʁiʁ/ === Verb === amoindrir (transitive) to lessen, degrade, decrease, shrink (transitive) to weaken (reflexive) to shrink, wean, reduce ==== 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 ==== amoindrissable === Further reading === “amoindrir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012