imager
English
Etymology
From Middle English ymageour, from Old French imageor; equivalent to image + -er.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɪmɪdʒə/, /ˈɪmədʒə/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈɪmɪd͡ʒɚ/, /ˈɪməd͡ʒɚ/
Noun
imager (plural imagers)
- One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.
- (computing) A system that creates a digital copy such as a disk image.
Anagrams
- Margie, gamier, maigre, mirage
French
Etymology
image + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒe/
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Verb
imager
- to embellish with images
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written image- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of imager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | imager | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | imageant /i.ma.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | imagé /i.ma.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | image /i.maʒ/ | images /i.maʒ/ | image /i.maʒ/ | imageons /i.ma.ʒɔ̃/ | imagez /i.ma.ʒe/ | imagent /i.maʒ/ |
| imperfect | imageais /i.ma.ʒɛ/ | imageais /i.ma.ʒɛ/ | imageait /i.ma.ʒɛ/ | imagions /i.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ | imagiez /i.ma.ʒje/ | imageaient /i.ma.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | imageai /i.ma.ʒe/ | imageas /i.ma.ʒa/ | imagea /i.ma.ʒa/ | imageâmes /i.ma.ʒam/ | imageâtes /i.ma.ʒat/ | imagèrent /i.ma.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | imagerai /i.maʒ.ʁe/ | imageras /i.maʒ.ʁa/ | imagera /i.maʒ.ʁa/ | imagerons /i.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | imagerez /i.maʒ.ʁe/ | imageront /i.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | imagerais /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ | imagerais /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ | imagerait /i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ | imagerions /i.ma.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | imageriez /i.ma.ʒə.ʁje/ | imageraient /i.maʒ.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 | image /i.maʒ/ | images /i.maʒ/ | image /i.maʒ/ | imagions /i.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ | imagiez /i.ma.ʒje/ | imagent /i.maʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | imageasse /i.ma.ʒas/ | imageasses /i.ma.ʒas/ | imageât /i.ma.ʒa/ | imageassions /i.ma.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | imageassiez /i.ma.ʒa.sje/ | imageassent /i.ma.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | image /i.maʒ/ | — | imageons /i.ma.ʒɔ̃/ | imagez /i.ma.ʒe/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “imager”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
imager
- Alternative form of ymageour