Grammatical class

Verb

affaiblir

(transitive) to weaken, to flag, to make weaker, to enfeeble, enervate, attenuate

Details

Syllables

af-fai-blir

Phonetics

a.fe.bliʁ

Grammatical class

Verb

Freq. (books)

22795

Freq. (movies)

16623

Freq. (news)

10655

Sentences

Son influence au sein de la commission n'a cessé de s'affaiblir.

His influence in the committee became weaker and weaker.

A1

Damiano a commencé à s'affaiblir.

Damiano started to weaken.

B1

Pendant le milieu du jeu, chaque joueur tente d'affaiblir l'adversaire en attaquant ses pions et en capturant ses pièces.

During the middle game, each player tries to weaken the opponent, attacking their pawns and capturing their pieces.

B1

Ses muscles se sont affaiblis avec le temps.

His muscles weakened with time.

B2