augmentez

Augmentez is a form of the French verb augmenter, meaning to increase or raise. It can function as the present indicative form of the second person plural (you increase) or as the imperative mood (Increase!). In ordinary statements it translates to “you increase” when addressing more than one person or a formal singular interlocutor; in commands it means “Increase!” directed at a group or a formal audience.

Augmenter is a regular -er verb. Its present tense forms are: je augmente, tu augmentes, il/elle augmente, nous augmentons, vous augmentez, ils/elles augmentent. The imperative forms, used for giving orders, are: (tu) augmente, (nous) augmentons, (vous) augmentez. A notable point is that the tu form of the imperative drops the final -s, so the command to one person is “Augmente,” not “Augmentes.”

Etymology traces augmenter to Old French and ultimately to Latin augmentare, from augmentum meaning increase. The word is common in administrative, business, technical, and everyday contexts where it is used to instruct or describe increasing quantities, values, or intensities.

Usage examples include: “Augmentez les ventes” (Increase sales), “Augmentez le débit” (Increase the throughput), and “Les paramètres doivent être augmentés” (The parameters must be increased). In all cases, context determines whether augmen tez functions as a statement or an instruction, with “augmentez” serving as the imperative form when addressing vous.