imaginer
English
Etymology
From imagine + -er.
Pronunciation
(US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnɚ/
Noun
imaginer (plural imaginers)
- One who imagines (something).
- 2007, March 18, “Terrence Rafferty”, in Ice Men:
- Although Simmons, as a professional purveyor of horror and fantasy, is no dim imaginer, he has his work cut out for him.
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Anagrams
- migraine, reaiming, regimina
French
Etymology
From Old French imaginer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒi.ne/
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Verb
imaginer
- to imagine
- Synonym: fantasier
Conjugation
Conjugation of imaginer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | imaginer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | imaginant /i.ma.ʒi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | imaginé /i.ma.ʒi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ | imagines /i.ma.ʒin/ | imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ | imaginons /i.ma.ʒi.nɔ̃/ | imaginez /i.ma.ʒi.ne/ | imaginent /i.ma.ʒin/ |
| imperfect | imaginais /i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/ | imaginais /i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/ | imaginait /i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/ | imaginions /i.ma.ʒi.njɔ̃/ | imaginiez /i.ma.ʒi.nje/ | imaginaient /i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | imaginai /i.ma.ʒi.ne/ | imaginas /i.ma.ʒi.na/ | imagina /i.ma.ʒi.na/ | imaginâmes /i.ma.ʒi.nam/ | imaginâtes /i.ma.ʒi.nat/ | imaginèrent /i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | imaginerai /i.ma.ʒin.ʁe/ | imagineras /i.ma.ʒin.ʁa/ | imaginera /i.ma.ʒin.ʁa/ | imaginerons /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɔ̃/ | imaginerez /i.ma.ʒin.ʁe/ | imagineront /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | imaginerais /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/ | imaginerais /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/ | imaginerait /i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/ | imaginerions /i.ma.ʒi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | imagineriez /i.ma.ʒi.nə.ʁje/ | imagineraient /i.ma.ʒin.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 | imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ | imagines /i.ma.ʒin/ | imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ | imaginions /i.ma.ʒi.njɔ̃/ | imaginiez /i.ma.ʒi.nje/ | imaginent /i.ma.ʒin/ |
| imperfect2 | imaginasse /i.ma.ʒi.nas/ | imaginasses /i.ma.ʒi.nas/ | imaginât /i.ma.ʒi.na/ | imaginassions /i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃/ | imaginassiez /i.ma.ʒi.na.sje/ | imaginassent /i.ma.ʒi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | imagine /i.ma.ʒin/ | — | imaginons /i.ma.ʒi.nɔ̃/ | imaginez /i.ma.ʒi.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
- imaginable
- imagination
Descendants
- → Romanian: imagina
Further reading
- “imaginer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- migraine
Latin
Pronunciation
(Classical) IPA(key): /iˈmaː.ɡi.ner/, [ɪˈmäːɡɪnɛr]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /iˈma.d͡ʒi.ner/, [iˈmäːd͡ʒiner]
Verb
imāginer
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of imāginor
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /imad͡ʒiˈneːr/
Verb
imaginer
- to examine; to look at
- to depict in the form of an image
- to contemplate; to think about
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of imaginer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | imaginer | avoir imaginé | |||||
| gerund | en imaginant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | imaginant | ||||||
| past participle | imaginé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | imagin | imagines | imagine | imaginons | imaginez | imaginent |
| imperfect | imaginoie, imagineie, imaginoe, imagineve | imaginoies, imagineies, imaginoes, imagineves | imaginoit, imagineit, imaginot, imagineve | imaginiiens, imaginiens | imaginiiez, imaginiez | imaginoient, imagineient, imaginoent, imaginevent | |
| preterite | imaginai | imaginas | imagina | imaginames | imaginastes | imaginerent | |
| future | imaginerai | imagineras | imaginera | imaginerons | imagineroiz, imaginereiz, imaginerez | imagineront | |
| conditional | imagineroie, imaginereie | imagineroies, imaginereies | imagineroit, imaginereit | imagineriiens, imagineriens | imagineriiez, imagineriez | imagineroient, imaginereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | imagin | imagins | imagint | imaginons | imaginez | imaginent |
| imperfect | imaginasse | imaginasses | imaginast | imaginissons, imaginissiens | imaginissoiz, imaginissez, imaginissiez | imaginassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | imagine | — | imaginons | imaginez | — | ||
Descendants
- → English: imagine
- French: imaginer
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (imaginer)