immoler
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin immolō, immolāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mɔ.le/, /im.mɔ.le/
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Verb
immoler
- to sacrifice (that is, to kill) as an offering to a higher being
- Le prêtre immole un animal aux dieux.
- The priest sacrifices an animal to the gods.
- (reflexive, s'immoler) offer one’s life in sacrifice
- S’immoler par le feu.
- To sacrifice oneself in the fire.
- (figuratively) to massacre; to kill
Conjugation
Conjugation of immoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | immoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | immolant /i.mɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | immolé /i.mɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | immole /i.mɔl/ | immoles /i.mɔl/ | immole /i.mɔl/ | immolons /i.mɔ.lɔ̃/ | immolez /i.mɔ.le/ | immolent /i.mɔl/ |
| imperfect | immolais /i.mɔ.lɛ/ | immolais /i.mɔ.lɛ/ | immolait /i.mɔ.lɛ/ | immolions /i.mɔ.ljɔ̃/ | immoliez /i.mɔ.lje/ | immolaient /i.mɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | immolai /i.mɔ.le/ | immolas /i.mɔ.la/ | immola /i.mɔ.la/ | immolâmes /i.mɔ.lam/ | immolâtes /i.mɔ.lat/ | immolèrent /i.mɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | immolerai /i.mɔl.ʁe/ | immoleras /i.mɔl.ʁa/ | immolera /i.mɔl.ʁa/ | immolerons /i.mɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | immolerez /i.mɔl.ʁe/ | immoleront /i.mɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | immolerais /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/ | immolerais /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/ | immolerait /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/ | immolerions /i.mɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | immoleriez /i.mɔ.lə.ʁje/ | immoleraient /i.mɔl.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 | immole /i.mɔl/ | immoles /i.mɔl/ | immole /i.mɔl/ | immolions /i.mɔ.ljɔ̃/ | immoliez /i.mɔ.lje/ | immolent /i.mɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | immolasse /i.mɔ.las/ | immolasses /i.mɔ.las/ | immolât /i.mɔ.la/ | immolassions /i.mɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ | immolassiez /i.mɔ.la.sje/ | immolassent /i.mɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | immole /i.mɔl/ | — | immolons /i.mɔ.lɔ̃/ | immolez /i.mɔ.le/ | — | |
| 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
- immolation
- meule
- molaire
Further reading
- “immoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
immoler
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of immolō