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 the 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 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

infinitive	simple	estimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	estimant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		estimé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	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	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	estime	estimes	estime	estimons	estimez	estiment
	imperfect	estimasse	estimasses	estimast	estimassions	estimassiez	estimassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	estime	—	estimons	estimez	—
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).

Descendants

• French: estimer

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Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

estimer

1. imperative of estimere