diviner
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine + -er.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
diviner (plural diviners)
- One who foretells the future.
- One who divines or conjectures.
- One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.
Synonyms edit
- (one who foretells the future): foreteller, fortune-teller, prophet, seer, soothsayer
- (one who searches for underground water): water diviner, dowser
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
- see divine
Translations edit
one who foretells the future
one who searches for underground water
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Adjective edit
diviner
- comparative form of divine: more divine
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
dīvīner
Middle French edit
Etymology edit
Verb edit
diviner
- to divine
Conjugation edit
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of diviner
infinitive | simple | diviner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle1 or gerund2 | simple | divinant | |||||
compound | present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past participle | diviné | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | ie (i’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | divine | divines | divine | divinons | divinez | divinent |
imperfect | divinois, divinoys | divinois, divinoys | divinoit, divinoyt | divinions, divinyons | diviniez, divinyez | divinoient, divinoyent | |
past historic | divina | divinas | divina | divinasmes | divinastes | divinerent | |
future | divinerai, divineray | divineras | divinera | divinerons | divinerez | divineront | |
conditional | divinerois, divineroys | divinerois, divineroys | divineroit, divineroyt | divinerions, divineryons | divineriez, divineryez | divineroient, divineroyent | |
(compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que ie (i’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ilz, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | divine | divines | divine | divinons | divinez | divinent |
imperfect | divinasse | divinasses | divinast | divinassions | divinassiez | divinassent | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | divine | — | divinons | divinez | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679. | |||||||
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180). |
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