imaginer
English edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
imaginer (plural imaginers)
- One who imagines (something).
- 2007 March 18, Terrence Rafferty, “Ice Men”, in New York Times[1]:
- Although Simmons, as a professional purveyor of horror and fantasy, is no dim imaginer, he has his work cut out for him.
Synonyms edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French imaginer.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
imaginer
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of imaginer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | imaginer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | imaginant /i.ma.ʒi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | imaginé /i.ma.ʒi.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ |
imagines /i.ma.ʒin/ |
imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ |
imaginons /i.ma.ʒi.nɔ̃/ |
imaginez /i.ma.ʒi.ne/ |
imaginent /i.ma.ʒin/ |
imperfect | imaginais /i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/ |
imaginais /i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/ |
imaginait /i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/ |
imaginions /i.ma.ʒi.njɔ̃/ |
imaginiez /i.ma.ʒi.nje/ |
imaginaient /i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/ | |
past historic2 | imaginai /i.ma.ʒi.ne/ |
imaginas /i.ma.ʒi.na/ |
imagina /i.ma.ʒi.na/ |
imaginâmes /i.ma.ʒi.nam/ |
imaginâtes /i.ma.ʒi.nat/ |
imaginèrent /i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ/ | |
future | imaginerai /i.ma.ʒin.ʁe/ |
imagineras /i.ma.ʒin.ʁa/ |
imaginera /i.ma.ʒin.ʁa/ |
imaginerons /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɔ̃/ |
imaginerez /i.ma.ʒin.ʁe/ |
imagineront /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | imaginerais /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/ |
imaginerais /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/ |
imaginerait /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/ |
imaginerions /i.ma.ʒi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
imagineriez /i.ma.ʒi.nə.ʁje/ |
imagineraient /i.ma.ʒin.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 | imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ |
imagines /i.ma.ʒin/ |
imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ |
imaginions /i.ma.ʒi.njɔ̃/ |
imaginiez /i.ma.ʒi.nje/ |
imaginent /i.ma.ʒin/ |
imperfect2 | imaginasse /i.ma.ʒi.nas/ |
imaginasses /i.ma.ʒi.nas/ |
imaginât /i.ma.ʒi.na/ |
imaginassions /i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
imaginassiez /i.ma.ʒi.na.sje/ |
imaginassent /i.ma.ʒi.nas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ |
— | imaginons /i.ma.ʒi.nɔ̃/ |
imaginez /i.ma.ʒi.ne/ |
— | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Romanian: imagina
Further reading edit
- “imaginer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Pronunciation edit
(Classical) IPA(key): /iˈmaː.ɡi.ner/, [ɪˈmäːɡɪnɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈma.d͡ʒi.ner/, [iˈmäːd͡ʒiner]
Verb edit
imāginer
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin imāginārī.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
imaginer
- to examine; to look at
- to depict in the form of an image
- to contemplate; to think about
Conjugation edit
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of imaginer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | imaginer | avoir imaginé | |||||
gerund | en imaginant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | imaginant | ||||||
past participle | imaginé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | imagin | imagines | imagine | imaginons | imaginez | imaginent |
imperfect | imaginoie, imagineie, imaginoe, imagineve | imaginoies, imagineies, imaginoes, imagineves | imaginoit, imagineit, imaginot, imagineve | imaginiiens, imaginiens | imaginiiez, imaginiez | imaginoient, imagineient, imaginoent, imaginevent | |
preterite | imaginai | imaginas | imagina | imaginames | imaginastes | imaginerent | |
future | imaginerai | imagineras | imaginera | imaginerons | imagineroiz, imaginereiz, imaginerez | imagineront | |
conditional | imagineroie, imaginereie | imagineroies, imaginereies | imagineroit, imaginereit | imagineriiens, imagineriens | imagineriiez, imagineriez | imagineroient, imaginereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | imagin | imagins | imagint | imaginons | imaginez | imaginent |
imperfect | imaginasse | imaginasses | imaginast | imaginissons, imaginissiens | imaginissoiz, imaginissez, imaginissiez | imaginassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | imagine | — | imaginons | imaginez | — |
Descendants edit
References edit
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (imaginer)