estimer

French

FWOTD – 11 September 2013

Alternative forms

• æstimer (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle French estimer, borrowed from Latin aestimāre, present active infinitive of aestimō; replaced inherited Old French esmer that had become homonymous with aimer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.ti.me/

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Verb

estimer

1. (transitive) to estimate, to calculate roughly
2. (transitive) to esteem, to hold in high regard
3. (transitive) to give some thought to, to consider

Conjugation

Conjugation of estimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	estimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	estimant /ɛs.ti.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		estimé /ɛs.ti.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	estime /ɛs.tim/	estimes /ɛs.tim/	estime /ɛs.tim/	estimons /ɛs.ti.mɔ̃/	estimez /ɛs.ti.me/	estiment /ɛs.tim/
	imperfect	estimais /ɛs.ti.mɛ/	estimais /ɛs.ti.mɛ/	estimait /ɛs.ti.mɛ/	estimions /ɛs.ti.mjɔ̃/	estimiez /ɛs.ti.mje/	estimaient /ɛs.ti.mɛ/
	past historic2	estimai /ɛs.ti.me/	estimas /ɛs.ti.ma/	estima /ɛs.ti.ma/	estimâmes /ɛs.ti.mam/	estimâtes /ɛs.ti.mat/	estimèrent /ɛs.ti.mɛʁ/
	future	estimerai /ɛs.tim.ʁe/	estimeras /ɛs.tim.ʁa/	estimera /ɛs.tim.ʁa/	estimerons /ɛs.tim.ʁɔ̃/	estimerez /ɛs.tim.ʁe/	estimeront /ɛs.tim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	estimerais /ɛs.tim.ʁɛ/	estimerais /ɛs.tim.ʁɛ/	estimerait /ɛs.tim.ʁɛ/	estimerions /ɛs.ti.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	estimeriez /ɛs.ti.mə.ʁje/	estimeraient /ɛs.tim.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	estime /ɛs.tim/	estimes /ɛs.tim/	estime /ɛs.tim/	estimions /ɛs.ti.mjɔ̃/	estimiez /ɛs.ti.mje/	estiment /ɛs.tim/
	imperfect2	estimasse /ɛs.ti.mas/	estimasses /ɛs.ti.mas/	estimât /ɛs.ti.ma/	estimassions /ɛs.ti.ma.sjɔ̃/	estimassiez /ɛs.ti.ma.sje/	estimassent /ɛs.ti.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	estime /ɛs.tim/	—	estimons /ɛs.ti.mɔ̃/	estimez /ɛs.ti.me/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “estimer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• ermites, meistre, mérites, métiers, remîtes

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin aestimo, aestimare.

Verb

estimer

1. to think; to consider; to have the opinion (that)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

   Conjugation of estimer

		simple			compound
infinitive		estimer			avoir estimé
gerund		en estimant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		estimant
past participle		estimé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (may be i' before a vowel)	tu	il	nous	vous	ilz, elles
simple tenses	present	estime	estimes	estime	estimons	estimez	estiment
	imperfect	estimois, estimoys	estimois, estimoys	estimoit, estimoyt	estimions, estimyons	estimiez, estimyez	estimoient, estimoyent
	past historic	estima	estimas	estima	estimasmes	estimastes	estimerent
	future	estimerai, estimeray	estimeras	estimera	estimerons	estimerez	estimeront
	conditional	estimerois, estimeroys	estimerois, estimeroys	estimeroit, estimeroyt	estimerions, estimeryons	estimeriez, estimeryez	estimeroient, estimeroyent
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que ie	que tu	qu'il	que nous	que vous	qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple tenses	present	estime	estimes	estime	estimons	estimez	estiment
	imperfect	estimasse	estimasses	estimast	estimassions	estimassiez	estimassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	estime	—	estimons	estimez	—

Descendants

• French: estimer

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

estimer

1. imperative of estimere