ralentir

== French == === Etymology === From a now obsolete alentir, corresponding to a- (“toward”) + lent (“slow”) + -ir (“verbal suffix”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʁa.lɑ̃.tiʁ/ === Verb === ralentir (ambitransitive) to slow down to abate ==== 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-. ==== Related terms ==== ralentissement ralenti === Further reading === “ralentir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012