figurer
English
Etymology
figure + -er
Noun
figurer (plural figurers)
- One who figures or calculates.
- 1962, The Book of Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopedia (page 1655)
- With its aid they are quick and nimble figurers. The next digital computer was the adding or calculating machine first completed in 1642 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal.
- 1962, The Book of Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopedia (page 1655)
Danish
Noun
figurer
- indefinite plural of figur
Verb
figurer
- imperative of figurere
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin figūrō (infinitive figūrāre).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.ɡy.ʁe/
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Verb
figurer
- to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent
- (reflexive) to imagine, picture
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.vi:
- Rien de plus simple à se figurer que la chambre à coucher de l'évêque.
- Nothing could be simpler than picturing the bishop's bed-chamber.
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.vi:
Conjugation
Conjugation of figurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | figurer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | figurant /fi.ɡy.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | figuré /fi.ɡy.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ | figures /fi.ɡyʁ/ | figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ | figurons /fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/ | figurez /fi.ɡy.ʁe/ | figurent /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
imperfect | figurais /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ | figurais /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ | figurait /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ | figurions /fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/ | figuriez /fi.ɡy.ʁje/ | figuraient /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | figurai /fi.ɡy.ʁe/ | figuras /fi.ɡy.ʁa/ | figura /fi.ɡy.ʁa/ | figurâmes /fi.ɡy.ʁam/ | figurâtes /fi.ɡy.ʁat/ | figurèrent /fi.ɡy.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | figurerai /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/ | figureras /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/ | figurera /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/ | figurerons /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | figurerez /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/ | figureront /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | figurerais /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | figurerais /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | figurerait /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | figurerions /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | figureriez /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁje/ | figureraient /fi.ɡy.ʁə.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 | figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ | figures /fi.ɡyʁ/ | figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ | figurions /fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/ | figuriez /fi.ɡy.ʁje/ | figurent /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
imperfect2 | figurasse /fi.ɡy.ʁas/ | figurasses /fi.ɡy.ʁas/ | figurât /fi.ɡy.ʁa/ | figurassions /fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | figurassiez /fi.ɡy.ʁa.sje/ | figurassent /fi.ɡy.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ | — | figurons /fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/ | figurez /fi.ɡy.ʁe/ | — | |
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
- figure
- figuré
Further reading
- “figurer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
figūrer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of figūrō
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
figurer m
- indefinite plural of figur
Swedish
Noun
figurer
- indefinite plural of figur.