imprimer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imprimere. Doublet of empreindre, which was inherited. Unrelated to primer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/

• Audio:

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Verb

imprimer

1. to print, to print out

Conjugation

Conjugation of imprimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	imprimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	imprimant /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		imprimé /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/	imprimes /ɛ̃.pʁim/	imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/	imprimons /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɔ̃/	imprimez /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/	impriment /ɛ̃.pʁim/
	imperfect	imprimais /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/	imprimais /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/	imprimait /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/	imprimions /ɛ̃.pʁi.mjɔ̃/	imprimiez /ɛ̃.pʁi.mje/	imprimaient /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/
	past historic2	imprimai /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/	imprimas /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/	imprima /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/	imprimâmes /ɛ̃.pʁi.mam/	imprimâtes /ɛ̃.pʁi.mat/	imprimèrent /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛʁ/
	future	imprimerai /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁe/	imprimeras /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁa/	imprimera /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁa/	imprimerons /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/	imprimerez /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁe/	imprimeront /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	imprimerais /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/	imprimerais /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/	imprimerait /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/	imprimerions /ɛ̃.pʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	imprimeriez /ɛ̃.pʁi.mə.ʁje/	imprimeraient /ɛ̃.pʁim.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	imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/	imprimes /ɛ̃.pʁim/	imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/	imprimions /ɛ̃.pʁi.mjɔ̃/	imprimiez /ɛ̃.pʁi.mje/	impriment /ɛ̃.pʁim/
	imperfect2	imprimasse /ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/	imprimasses /ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/	imprimât /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/	imprimassions /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/	imprimassiez /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma.sje/	imprimassent /ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/	—	imprimons /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɔ̃/	imprimez /ɛ̃.pʁi.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 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).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• achevé d’imprimer
• circuit imprimé
• imprimable
• imprimante
• imprimerie
• imprimeur

Related terms

• impression
  • impressionnant
• presser
  • pressant
  • pression

Further reading

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