amortir

== Catalan == === Etymology === Vulgar Latin *admortīre. === Verb === amortir (first-person singular present amorteixo, first-person singular preterite amortí, past participle amortit)(transitive) to extinguish Synonym: extingir to muffle, to damp Synonym: esmorteir (physics) to absorb (chemistry) to buffer ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== amortidor amortiment === Further reading === “amortir”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 == 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