activer
French
Etymology
From actif, both from Latin activus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.ti.ve/
Audio (file)
Verb
activer
- (transitive) to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
- (transitive) to activate (to put a device, mechanism or system into action or motion; to enable)
- (transitive, physics) to activate (to render radioactive)
- (transitive) to speed up
- (transitive) to stoke (e.g. a fire)
Conjugation
Conjugation of activer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | activer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | activant /ak.ti.vɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | activé /ak.ti.ve/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | active /ak.tiv/ | actives /ak.tiv/ | active /ak.tiv/ | activons /ak.ti.vɔ̃/ | activez /ak.ti.ve/ | activent /ak.tiv/ |
| imperfect | activais /ak.ti.vɛ/ | activais /ak.ti.vɛ/ | activait /ak.ti.vɛ/ | activions /ak.ti.vjɔ̃/ | activiez /ak.ti.vje/ | activaient /ak.ti.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | activai /ak.ti.ve/ | activas /ak.ti.va/ | activa /ak.ti.va/ | activâmes /ak.ti.vam/ | activâtes /ak.ti.vat/ | activèrent /ak.ti.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | activerai /ak.ti.vʁe/ | activeras /ak.ti.vʁa/ | activera /ak.ti.vʁa/ | activerons /ak.ti.vʁɔ̃/ | activerez /ak.ti.vʁe/ | activeront /ak.ti.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | activerais /ak.ti.vʁɛ/ | activerais /ak.ti.vʁɛ/ | activerait /ak.ti.vʁɛ/ | activerions /ak.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/ | activeriez /ak.ti.və.ʁje/ | activeraient /ak.ti.vʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | active /ak.tiv/ | actives /ak.tiv/ | active /ak.tiv/ | activions /ak.ti.vjɔ̃/ | activiez /ak.ti.vje/ | activent /ak.tiv/ |
| imperfect2 | activasse /ak.ti.vas/ | activasses /ak.ti.vas/ | activât /ak.ti.va/ | activassions /ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃/ | activassiez /ak.ti.va.sje/ | activassent /ak.ti.vas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | active /ak.tiv/ | — | activons /ak.ti.vɔ̃/ | activez /ak.ti.ve/ | — | |
| 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
- actif
- activité
- réactiver
Further reading
- “activer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- crevait
German
Adjective
activer
- comparative degree of activ
Adjective
activer
- inflection of activ:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural