immoler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin immolāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.mɔ.le/, /im.mɔ.le/

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Verb

immoler

1. to sacrifice (that is, to kill) as an offering to a higher being

   Le prêtre immole un animal aux dieux.

   The priest sacrifices an animal to the gods.

2. (reflexive, s'immoler) offer one’s life in sacrifice

   S’immoler par le feu.

   To sacrifice oneself in the fire.

3. (figuratively) to massacre; to kill

Conjugation

Conjugation of immoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	immoler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	immolant /i.mɔ.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		immolé /i.mɔ.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	immole /i.mɔl/	immoles /i.mɔl/	immole /i.mɔl/	immolons /i.mɔ.lɔ̃/	immolez /i.mɔ.le/	immolent /i.mɔl/
	imperfect	immolais /i.mɔ.lɛ/	immolais /i.mɔ.lɛ/	immolait /i.mɔ.lɛ/	immolions /i.mɔ.ljɔ̃/	immoliez /i.mɔ.lje/	immolaient /i.mɔ.lɛ/
	past historic2	immolai /i.mɔ.le/	immolas /i.mɔ.la/	immola /i.mɔ.la/	immolâmes /i.mɔ.lam/	immolâtes /i.mɔ.lat/	immolèrent /i.mɔ.lɛʁ/
	future	immolerai /i.mɔl.ʁe/	immoleras /i.mɔl.ʁa/	immolera /i.mɔl.ʁa/	immolerons /i.mɔl.ʁɔ̃/	immolerez /i.mɔl.ʁe/	immoleront /i.mɔl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	immolerais /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/	immolerais /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/	immolerait /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/	immolerions /i.mɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	immoleriez /i.mɔ.lə.ʁje/	immoleraient /i.mɔl.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	immole /i.mɔl/	immoles /i.mɔl/	immole /i.mɔl/	immolions /i.mɔ.ljɔ̃/	immoliez /i.mɔ.lje/	immolent /i.mɔl/
	imperfect2	immolasse /i.mɔ.las/	immolasses /i.mɔ.las/	immolât /i.mɔ.la/	immolassions /i.mɔ.la.sjɔ̃/	immolassiez /i.mɔ.la.sje/	immolassent /i.mɔ.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	immole /i.mɔl/	—	immolons /i.mɔ.lɔ̃/	immolez /i.mɔ.le/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• immolation
• meule
• molaire

Further reading

• “immoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

immoler

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of immolō