amortir

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French amortir, from Vulgar Latin *admortīre, derived from Latin mortuus (“dead”). By surface analysis, a- +‎ mort +‎ -ir. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.mɔʁ.tiʁ/ === Verb === amortir to cushion, absorb, soften (shock, blow etc.) to deaden, muffle (noise) (finance) to pay off, amortize; to redeem (a title) (architecture) to put an amortizement on ==== 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 ==== amortissement ==== Descendants ==== → English: amortise === Further reading === “amortir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012