deviner
French
Etymology
From Late Latin devināre, from Latin dīvīnāre, present active infinitive of dīvīnō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.vi.ne/
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Verb
deviner
- to guess; to work out, figure out
- to sense, perceive
Conjugation
Conjugation of deviner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | deviner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | devinant /də.vi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | deviné /də.vi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | devine /də.vin/ | devines /də.vin/ | devine /də.vin/ | devinons /də.vi.nɔ̃/ | devinez /də.vi.ne/ | devinent /də.vin/ |
| imperfect | devinais /də.vi.nɛ/ | devinais /də.vi.nɛ/ | devinait /də.vi.nɛ/ | devinions /də.vi.njɔ̃/ | deviniez /də.vi.nje/ | devinaient /də.vi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | devinai /də.vi.ne/ | devinas /də.vi.na/ | devina /də.vi.na/ | devinâmes /də.vi.nam/ | devinâtes /də.vi.nat/ | devinèrent /də.vi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | devinerai /də.vin.ʁe/ | devineras /də.vin.ʁa/ | devinera /də.vin.ʁa/ | devinerons /də.vin.ʁɔ̃/ | devinerez /də.vin.ʁe/ | devineront /də.vin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | devinerais /də.vin.ʁɛ/ | devinerais /də.vin.ʁɛ/ | devinerait /də.vin.ʁɛ/ | devinerions /də.vi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | devineriez /də.vi.nə.ʁje/ | devineraient /də.vin.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 | devine /də.vin/ | devines /də.vin/ | devine /də.vin/ | devinions /də.vi.njɔ̃/ | deviniez /də.vi.nje/ | devinent /də.vin/ |
| imperfect2 | devinasse /də.vi.nas/ | devinasses /də.vi.nas/ | devinât /də.vi.na/ | devinassions /də.vi.na.sjɔ̃/ | devinassiez /də.vi.na.sje/ | devinassent /də.vi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | devine /də.vin/ | — | devinons /də.vi.nɔ̃/ | devinez /də.vi.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
- devine quoi
Related terms
- devin
- divin
- divination
- divinatoire
Further reading
- “deviner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- devenir
- venir de