nominer
French edit
Etymology edit
Since 1980, calque of English nominate, from Latin nominare See also nommer, which was inherited from the Latin.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
nominer
- to nominate
Usage notes edit
Considered a "barbarism" by some French linguistic authorities.
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of nominer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nominer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | nominant /nɔ.mi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nominé /nɔ.mi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | nomine /nɔ.min/ |
nomines /nɔ.min/ |
nomine /nɔ.min/ |
nominons /nɔ.mi.nɔ̃/ |
nominez /nɔ.mi.ne/ |
nominent /nɔ.min/ |
| imperfect | nominais /nɔ.mi.nɛ/ |
nominais /nɔ.mi.nɛ/ |
nominait /nɔ.mi.nɛ/ |
nominions /nɔ.mi.njɔ̃/ |
nominiez /nɔ.mi.nje/ |
nominaient /nɔ.mi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | nominai /nɔ.mi.ne/ |
nominas /nɔ.mi.na/ |
nomina /nɔ.mi.na/ |
nominâmes /nɔ.mi.nam/ |
nominâtes /nɔ.mi.nat/ |
nominèrent /nɔ.mi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | nominerai /nɔ.min.ʁe/ |
nomineras /nɔ.min.ʁa/ |
nominera /nɔ.min.ʁa/ |
nominerons /nɔ.min.ʁɔ̃/ |
nominerez /nɔ.min.ʁe/ |
nomineront /nɔ.min.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nominerais /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/ |
nominerais /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/ |
nominerait /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/ |
nominerions /nɔ.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nomineriez /nɔ.mi.nə.ʁje/ |
nomineraient /nɔ.min.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 | nomine /nɔ.min/ |
nomines /nɔ.min/ |
nomine /nɔ.min/ |
nominions /nɔ.mi.njɔ̃/ |
nominiez /nɔ.mi.nje/ |
nominent /nɔ.min/ |
| imperfect2 | nominasse /nɔ.mi.nas/ |
nominasses /nɔ.mi.nas/ |
nominât /nɔ.mi.na/ |
nominassions /nɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
nominassiez /nɔ.mi.na.sje/ |
nominassent /nɔ.mi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nomine /nɔ.min/ |
— | nominons /nɔ.mi.nɔ̃/ |
nominez /nɔ.mi.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). | |||||||
Related terms edit
- nomination
- see nom
Further reading edit
- “nominer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin edit
Verb edit
nōminer
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Verb edit
nominer