The French for lessen, diminish is the verb atténuer

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb atténuer - French for lessen, diminish

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of atténuer, which is French for lessen, diminish.

• I lessen, diminish.
• you lessened.
• he will lessen, diminish.
• we would lessen, diminish.
• they may lessen, diminish.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for atténuer, lets you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do these repeatedly and regularly, several times in a week while learning a verb.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE atténuer
Simple Tenses atténuer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent lessen, diminish	atténue	atténues	atténue	atténuons	atténuez	atténuent
Past Imperfect Imparfait lessened	atténuais	atténuais	atténuait	atténuions	atténuiez	atténuaient
Simple Past Passé Simple lessened	atténuai	atténuas	atténua	atténuâmes	atténuâtes	atténuèrent
Future Futur will lessen, diminish	atténuerai	atténueras	atténuera	atténuerons	atténuerez	atténueront
Conditional Conditionnel would lessen, diminish	atténuerais	atténuerais	atténuerait	atténuerions	atténueriez	atténueraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may lessen, diminish	atténue	atténues	atténue	atténuions	atténuiez	atténuent
Compound Tenses atténuer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have lessened	ai atténué	as atténué	a atténué	avons atténué	avez atténué	ont atténué
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had lessened	avais atténué	avais atténué	avait atténué	avions atténué	aviez atténué	avaient atténué
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai atténué	auras atténué	aura atténué	aurons atténué	aurez atténué	auront atténué
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have lessened	aurais atténué	aurais atténué	aurait atténué	aurions atténué	auriez atténué	auraient atténué
Imperative Imperatif lessen, diminish!		atténue		atténuons	atténuez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of atténuer the French for lessen, diminish
présent de l’indicatif

j’atténue
- I lessen, diminish
tu atténues
- you lessen, diminish - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on atténue
- he, she, it, one lessens
nous atténuons
- we lessen, diminish
vous atténuez
- you lessen, diminish (formal or plural)
ils, elles atténuent
- they lessen, diminish

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of atténuer, the French for lessen, diminish
imparfait de l’indicatif

j’atténuais
- I lessened
- I was lessening
tu atténuais
- you lessened- (familiar or informal)
- you were lessening
il, elle, on atténuait
- he, she, it, one lessened
- he, she, it, one was lessening
nous atténuions
- we lessened
- we were lessening
vous atténuiez
- you lessened- (formal or plural)
- you were lessening
ils, elles atténuaient
- they lessened
- they were lessening

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of atténuer, the French for lessen, diminish
passé simple

j’atténuai
- I lessened
tu atténuas
- you lessened- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on atténua
- he, she, it, one lessened
nous atténuâmes
- we lessened
vous atténuâtes
- you lessened- (formal or plural)
ils, elles atténuèrent
they lessened
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of atténuer, the French for lessen, diminish
futur

j’atténuerai
- I will lessen, diminish
tu atténueras
- you will lessen, diminish (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on atténuera
- he, she, it, one will lessen, diminish
nous atténuerons
- we will lessen, diminish
vous atténuerez
- you will lessen, diminish (formal or plural)
ils, elles atténueront
- they will lessen, diminish

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Conditional Tense conjugations of atténuer, the French for lessen, diminish
conditionnel

j’atténuerais
- I would lessen, diminish
tu atténuerais
- you would lessen, diminish (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on atténuerait
- he, she, it, one would lessen, diminish
nous atténuerions
- we would lessen, diminish
vous atténueriez
- you would lessen, diminish (formal or plural)
ils, elles atténueraient
- they would lessen, diminish

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of atténuer, the French for lessen, diminish
présent de subjonctif

que j’atténue
- that I may lessen, diminish
que tu atténues
- that you may lessen, diminish(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on atténue
- that he, she, it, one may lessen, diminish
que nous atténuions
- that we may lessen, diminish
que vous atténuiez
- that you may lessen, diminish(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles atténuent
- that they may lessen, diminish

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb atténuer - the verb ‘to lessen, diminish’ in French

Past Participle of atténuer is:
atténué -lessened.

Because the past participle is used with the various tenses of the verb - to have - avoir, construct the four main compound tenses, its importance is highlighted. Once you have mastered avoir, you have mastered the key to constructing compound verbs in French.

• I have lessened
• you had lessened
• he will have lessened
• we would have lessened

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of atténuer - French for lessen, diminish
passé composé

Here’s the French for lessen, diminish conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai atténué
- I have lessened or I did lessen, diminish or
- I lessened
tu as atténué
- you have lessened or you did lessen, diminish - (familiar or informal) or
- you lessened
il, elle, on a atténué
- he, she, it, one has lessen, diminish or did lessen, diminish
- he, she, it lessened
nous avons atténué
- we have lessened or we did lessen, diminish
- we lessened
vous avez atténué
- you have lessened or you did lessen, diminish (formal or plural) or
- or we lessened
ils, elles ont atténué
- they have lessened or they did lessen, diminish
- they lessened

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of atténuer - lessen, diminish in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -lessen, diminish conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais atténué
- I had lessened
tu avais atténué
- you had lessened- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait atténué
- he, she, it, one had lessened
nous avions atténué
- we had lessened
vous aviez atténué
- you had lessened (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient atténué
- they had lessened

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of atténuer, the French for lessen, diminish
futur antérieur

j’aurai atténué
- I will have
tu auras atténué
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura atténué
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons atténué
- we will have
vous aurez atténué
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront atténué
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of atténuer, the French for lessen, diminish
conditionnel passé

j’aurais atténué
- I would have lessened
tu aurais atténué
- you would have lessened- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait atténué
- he, she, it, one would have lessened
nous aurions atténué
- we would have lessened
vous auriez atténué
- you would have lessened- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient atténué
- they would have lessened

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Imperative Tense conjugations of atténuer, the French for lessen, diminish
impératif

atténue
- lessen, diminish!
atténuons
- let’s lessen, diminish!
atténuez
- lessen, diminish!

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Present Participle of atténuer

atténuant - lessening

Menu of Conjugated French verbs like atténuer the French for lessen, diminish

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