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Verb [French]

IPA: /a.du.siʁ/ Audio: Fr-adoucir.ogg
Rhymes: -iʁ Etymology: Inherited from Old French adoucir, adolcir, from dolz, douz (“sweet”), from Latin dulcis (“sweet”). By surface analysis, a- + doux + -ir. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|fro|adoucir|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Old French adoucir, {{inh+|fr|fro|adoucir}} Inherited from Old French adoucir, {{der|fr|la|dulcis||sweet}} Latin dulcis (“sweet”), {{surf|fr|a-|doux|-ir}} By surface analysis, a- + doux + -ir Head templates: {{fr-verb}} adoucir Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], adoucir [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], adoucissant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], adouci [participle, past], adoucis [first-person, indicative, present, singular], adoucis [indicative, present, second-person, singular], adoucit [indicative, present, singular, third-person], adoucissons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], adoucissez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], adoucissent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], adoucissais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], adoucissais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], adoucissait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], adoucissions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], adoucissiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], adoucissaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], adoucis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], adoucis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], adoucit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], adoucîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], adoucîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], adoucirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], adoucirai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], adouciras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], adoucira [future, indicative, singular, third-person], adoucirons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], adoucirez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], adouciront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], adoucirais [conditional, first-person, singular], adoucirais [conditional, second-person, singular], adoucirait [conditional, singular, third-person], adoucirions [conditional, first-person, plural], adouciriez [conditional, plural, second-person], adouciraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], adoucisse [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], adoucisses [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], adoucisse [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], adoucissions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], adoucissiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], adoucissent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], adoucisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], adoucisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], adoucît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], adoucissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], adoucissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], adoucissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], adoucis [imperative, second-person, singular], adoucissons [first-person, imperative, plural], adoucissez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) (of foods, flavors, scents, etc.) to sweeten Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-adoucir-fr-verb-ysFQHqEE Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with a-, French terms suffixed with -ir, French verbs with conjugation -ir, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 14 6 2 12 12 23 8 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with a-: 13 13 11 8 14 15 10 15 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ir: 19 14 8 6 12 13 17 11 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 14 10 12 13 15 14 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 5 4 9 9 29 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 16 3 3 7 7 31 5
  2. (transitive; figurative) (of any unpleasant thing) to make (more) agreeable, pleasant, mild, delicate, etc. Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-adoucir-fr-verb-laUqV3sp Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with a-, French terms suffixed with -ir, French verbs with conjugation -ir, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 14 6 2 12 12 23 8 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with a-: 13 13 11 8 14 15 10 15 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ir: 19 14 8 6 12 13 17 11 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 14 10 12 13 15 14 9 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 16 3 3 7 7 31 5
  3. (transitive) (of something physically rough or coarse) to soften, to smooth Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-adoucir-fr-verb-jJ~bgZEs Categories (other): French terms prefixed with a-, French verbs with conjugation -ir Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with a-: 13 13 11 8 14 15 10 15 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 14 10 12 13 15 14 9 11
  4. (transitive) (of water) to soften Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-adoucir-fr-verb-dRw4caM- Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -ir Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 14 10 12 13 15 14 9 11
  5. (transitive; figurative) to soften, to make more delicate; (of colors, as in visual arts like painting) to lighten, to brighten Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-adoucir-fr-verb-Khgup3lS Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with a-, French terms suffixed with -ir, French verbs with conjugation -ir Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 14 6 2 12 12 23 8 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with a-: 13 13 11 8 14 15 10 15 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ir: 19 14 8 6 12 13 17 11 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 14 10 12 13 15 14 9 11
  6. (transitive; figuratively) to appease; to calm; to make less angry or aggressive Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-adoucir-fr-verb-06MSizS9 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms prefixed with a-, French terms suffixed with -ir, French verbs with conjugation -ir Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 14 6 2 12 12 23 8 Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with a-: 13 13 11 8 14 15 10 15 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ir: 19 14 8 6 12 13 17 11 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 14 10 12 13 15 14 9 11
  7. (pronominal) to become sweeter; to become milder Tags: pronominal
    Sense id: en-adoucir-fr-verb-2G4cJq0o Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ir, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 14 6 2 12 12 23 8 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ir: 19 14 8 6 12 13 17 11 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 30 9 5 4 9 9 29 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 16 3 3 7 7 31 5
  8. (pronominal; figurative) to become more pleasant or agreeable Tags: figuratively, pronominal
    Sense id: en-adoucir-fr-verb-SIXyn0~B Categories (other): French terms prefixed with a-, French terms suffixed with -ir, French verbs with conjugation -ir Disambiguation of French terms prefixed with a-: 13 13 11 8 14 15 10 15 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ir: 19 14 8 6 12 13 17 11 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -ir: 14 10 12 13 15 14 9 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: adoucissage, adoucissement, adoucisseur, radoucir

Inflected forms

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      "form": "adoucîmes",
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      "ipa": "/a.du.sit/",
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        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "adoucirent",
      "ipa": "/a.du.siʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucirai",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "adouciras",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "adoucira",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucirons",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucirez",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adouciront",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucirait",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucirions",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁjɔ̃/",
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        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "adouciriez",
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    },
    {
      "form": "adouciraient",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
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    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
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    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
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        "past"
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    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
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        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "adoucisse",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "adoucisse",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissions",
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        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissiez",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.sje/",
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissent",
      "ipa": "/a.du.sis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucisse",
      "ipa": "/a.du.sis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucisses",
      "ipa": "/a.du.sis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucît",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissions",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissiez",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissent",
      "ipa": "/a.du.sis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucis",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissons",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.sɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissez",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.se/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
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    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/a.du.sis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucisses",
      "ipa": "/a.du.sis/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucisse",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissions",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissiez",
      "ipa": "/a.du.si.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucissent",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucisse",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "adoucît",
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
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    {
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        "subjunctive"
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        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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        "past",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
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        "singular"
      ]
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        "plural"
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    {
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        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
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      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
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        "second-person"
      ]
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      "args": {},
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      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
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    }
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  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        {
          "english": "The sauce is too salty; I'll sweeten it a bit.",
          "text": "La sauce est trop salée ; je vais l’adoucir un peu.",
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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "(of foods, flavors, scents, etc.) to sweeten"
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        "(transitive) (of foods, flavors, scents, etc.) to sweeten"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "French terms with usage examples",
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        {
          "english": "to soften the pain",
          "text": "adoucir la douleur",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "(of any unpleasant thing) to make (more) agreeable, pleasant, mild, delicate, etc."
      ],
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          "agreeable"
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          "pleasant",
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          "mild",
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        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
        ]
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        "(transitive; figurative) (of any unpleasant thing) to make (more) agreeable, pleasant, mild, delicate, etc."
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
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        "(of something physically rough or coarse) to soften, to smooth"
      ],
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          "soften"
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          "smooth",
          "smooth"
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        "(transitive) (of something physically rough or coarse) to soften, to smooth"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "French terms with usage examples",
        "French transitive verbs"
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        {
          "english": "Several methods exist for softening water.",
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        }
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        "(of water) to soften"
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          "soften"
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        "(transitive) (of water) to soften"
      ],
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        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to soften, to make more delicate; (of colors, as in visual arts like painting) to lighten, to brighten"
      ],
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        [
          "soften",
          "soften"
        ],
        [
          "delicate",
          "delicate"
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        [
          "lighten",
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        ],
        [
          "brighten",
          "brighten"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive; figurative) to soften, to make more delicate; (of colors, as in visual arts like painting) to lighten, to brighten"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "French transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to appease; to calm; to make less angry or aggressive"
      ],
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        [
          "appease",
          "appease"
        ],
        [
          "calm",
          "calm"
        ],
        [
          "angry",
          "angry"
        ],
        [
          "aggressive",
          "aggressive"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive; figuratively) to appease; to calm; to make less angry or aggressive"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "to become sweeter; to become milder"
      ],
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          "become"
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          "sweeter",
          "sweeter"
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        [
          "milder",
          "milder"
        ]
      ],
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        "(pronominal) to become sweeter; to become milder"
      ],
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        "pronominal"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to become more pleasant or agreeable"
      ],
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        "(pronominal; figurative) to become more pleasant or agreeable"
      ],
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        "figuratively",
        "pronominal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/a.du.siʁ/"
    },
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      "audio": "Fr-adoucir.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/79/Fr-adoucir.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iʁ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adoucir"
}

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