augmenter

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

augment +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɛntə(ɹ)

Noun

augmenter (plural augmenters)

  1. One who, or that which, augments or increases something.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin augmentāre (“increase”), from Latin augmentum (“growth, increase”), from augeō (“increase”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /oɡ.mɑ̃.te/, /ɔɡ.mɑ̃.te/
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Verb

augmenter

  1. (transitive, ergative) to increase
    • 2013, Patrick Alvin, Anorexies et boulimies à l'adolescence‎, 4th edition, page 36:
      L’hypokaliémie augmentant l’alcalose, un véritable cercle vicieux est constitué.
      The hypokalemia augmenting the alkalosis, a veritable vicious circle is formed.
  2. (intransitive, ergative) to increase, to augment

Conjugation
Conjugation of augmenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple augmenter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple augmentant
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle augmenté
/oɡ.mɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present augmente
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/		 augmentes
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/		 augmente
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/		 augmentons
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 augmentez
/oɡ.mɑ̃.te/		 augmentent
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/
imperfect augmentais
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 augmentais
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 augmentait
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tɛ/		 augmentions
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 augmentiez
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tje/		 augmentaient
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 augmentai
/oɡ.mɑ̃.te/		 augmentas
/oɡ.mɑ̃.ta/		 augmenta
/oɡ.mɑ̃.ta/		 augmentâmes
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tam/		 augmentâtes
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tat/		 augmentèrent
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future augmenterai
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁe/		 augmenteras
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁa/		 augmentera
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁa/		 augmenterons
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 augmenterez
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁe/		 augmenteront
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional augmenterais
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 augmenterais
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 augmenterait
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 augmenterions
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 augmenteriez
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 augmenteraient
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 augmente
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/		 augmentes
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/		 augmente
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/		 augmentions
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 augmentiez
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tje/		 augmentent
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/
imperfect2 augmentasse
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tas/		 augmentasses
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tas/		 augmentât
/oɡ.mɑ̃.ta/		 augmentassions
/oɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 augmentassiez
/oɡ.mɑ̃.ta.sje/		 augmentassent
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — augmente
/oɡ.mɑ̃t/		 — augmentons
/oɡ.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 augmentez
/oɡ.mɑ̃.te/		 —
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

Descendants
  • Saint Dominican Creole French: goumenter

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Verb

augmenter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of augmentō
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