amortir

Catalan

Etymology

Vulgar Latin *admortīre.

Verb

amortir (first-person singular present amorteixo, first-person singular preterite amortí, past participle amortit)(transitive)

1. to extinguish

   Synonym: extingir

2. to muffle, to damp

   Synonym: esmorteir

3. (physics) to absorb
4. (chemistry) to buffer

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of amortir (third conjugation, with -eix-)

infinitive			amortir
gerund			amortint
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		amortit		amortida
		plural		amortits		amortides
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	amorteixo	amorteixes	amorteix	amortim	amortiu	amorteixen
	imperfect	amortia	amorties	amortia	amortíem	amortíeu	amortien
	future	amortiré	amortiràs	amortirà	amortirem	amortireu	amortiran
	preterite	amortí	amortires	amortí	amortírem	amortíreu	amortiren
	conditional	amortiria	amortiries	amortiria	amortiríem	amortiríeu	amortirien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	amorteixi	amorteixis	amorteixi	amortim	amortiu	amorteixin
	imperfect	amortís	amortissis	amortís	amortíssim	amortíssiu	amortissin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	amorteix	amorteixi	amortim	amortiu	amorteixin
	negative (no)	—	no amorteixis	no amorteixi	no amortim	no amortiu	no amorteixin

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/

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Verb

amortir

1. to cushion, absorb, soften (shock, blow etc.)
2. to deaden, muffle (noise)
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     La terre, roussâtre comme de la poudre de tabac, amortissait le bruit des pas; et, du bout de leurs fers, en marchant, les chevaux poussaient devant eux des pommes de pin tombées.

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3. (finance) to pay off, amortize; to redeem (a title)
4. (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-.

Conjugation of amortir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	amortir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	amortissant /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		amorti /a.mɔʁ.ti/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/	amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/	amortit /a.mɔʁ.ti/	amortissons /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	amortissez /a.mɔʁ.ti.se/	amortissent /a.mɔʁ.tis/
	imperfect	amortissais /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɛ/	amortissais /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɛ/	amortissait /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɛ/	amortissions /a.mɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	amortissiez /a.mɔʁ.ti.sje/	amortissaient /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɛ/
	past historic2	amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/	amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/	amortit /a.mɔʁ.ti/	amortîmes /a.mɔʁ.tim/	amortîtes /a.mɔʁ.tit/	amortirent /a.mɔʁ.tiʁ/
	future	amortirai /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁe/	amortiras /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁa/	amortira /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁa/	amortirons /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/	amortirez /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁe/	amortiront /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	amortirais /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	amortirais /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	amortirait /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/	amortirions /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	amortiriez /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁje/	amortiraient /a.mɔʁ.ti.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	amortisse /a.mɔʁ.tis/	amortisses /a.mɔʁ.tis/	amortisse /a.mɔʁ.tis/	amortissions /a.mɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	amortissiez /a.mɔʁ.ti.sje/	amortissent /a.mɔʁ.tis/
	imperfect2	amortisse /a.mɔʁ.tis/	amortisses /a.mɔʁ.tis/	amortît /a.mɔʁ.ti/	amortissions /a.mɔʁ.ti.sjɔ̃/	amortissiez /a.mɔʁ.ti.sje/	amortissent /a.mɔʁ.tis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	amortis /a.mɔʁ.ti/	—	amortissons /a.mɔʁ.ti.sɔ̃/	amortissez /a.mɔʁ.ti.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• amortissement

Descendants

• → English: amortise

Further reading

• “amortir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012