Attiriez

Attiriez is a conjugated form of the French verb attirer, which means to attract. It is not a standalone verb form; it appears in two tenses for the second-person plural subject (vous). Specifically, attirer uses the endings -iez in both the imperfect indicative and the present conditional, yielding the forms vous attiriez (you were attracting / you used to attract) and vous attireriez (you would attract). The spelling is identical, so the intended tense is determined by context.

Etymology and derivation: attirer comes from Old French attirer, itself from the Latin ad tirare (“to pull toward”), with the prefix ad- meaning toward and tirare meaning to pull. The sense of drawing or pulling toward has extended to figurative attraction, including people, attention, or interest.

Usage notes: Attiriez is common in narrative and hypothetical constructions. It appears in si-clauses to express a hypothetical outcome (e.g., Si vous portiez ce logo, vous attireriez l’attention). It also occurs in descriptions of ongoing past action (imparfait) or in conditional statements about potential results. The infinitive form is attirer, the present-tense second-person plural is attirez, and the past participle is attiré.

Examples:

- Imparfait: Vous attiriez l’attention des passants par votre énergie.

- Conditionnel: Vous attireriez des clients si votre proposition était meilleure.

See also: attirer, French verb conjugation, imperfect, conditional.