miroiter
French
Etymology
From miroir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ʁwa.te/
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Verb
miroiter
- to sparkle, gleam
Conjugation
Conjugation of miroiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | miroiter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | miroitant /mi.ʁwa.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | miroité /mi.ʁwa.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | miroite /mi.ʁwat/ | miroites /mi.ʁwat/ | miroite /mi.ʁwat/ | miroitons /mi.ʁwa.tɔ̃/ | miroitez /mi.ʁwa.te/ | miroitent /mi.ʁwat/ |
imperfect | miroitais /mi.ʁwa.tɛ/ | miroitais /mi.ʁwa.tɛ/ | miroitait /mi.ʁwa.tɛ/ | miroitions /mi.ʁwa.tjɔ̃/ | miroitiez /mi.ʁwa.tje/ | miroitaient /mi.ʁwa.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | miroitai /mi.ʁwa.te/ | miroitas /mi.ʁwa.ta/ | miroita /mi.ʁwa.ta/ | miroitâmes /mi.ʁwa.tam/ | miroitâtes /mi.ʁwa.tat/ | miroitèrent /mi.ʁwa.tɛʁ/ | |
future | miroiterai /mi.ʁwa.tʁe/ | miroiteras /mi.ʁwa.tʁa/ | miroitera /mi.ʁwa.tʁa/ | miroiterons /mi.ʁwa.tʁɔ̃/ | miroiterez /mi.ʁwa.tʁe/ | miroiteront /mi.ʁwa.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | miroiterais /mi.ʁwa.tʁɛ/ | miroiterais /mi.ʁwa.tʁɛ/ | miroiterait /mi.ʁwa.tʁɛ/ | miroiterions /mi.ʁwa.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | miroiteriez /mi.ʁwa.tə.ʁje/ | miroiteraient /mi.ʁwa.tʁɛ/ | |
(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 | miroite /mi.ʁwat/ | miroites /mi.ʁwat/ | miroite /mi.ʁwat/ | miroitions /mi.ʁwa.tjɔ̃/ | miroitiez /mi.ʁwa.tje/ | miroitent /mi.ʁwat/ |
imperfect2 | miroitasse /mi.ʁwa.tas/ | miroitasses /mi.ʁwa.tas/ | miroitât /mi.ʁwa.ta/ | miroitassions /mi.ʁwa.ta.sjɔ̃/ | miroitassiez /mi.ʁwa.ta.sje/ | miroitassent /mi.ʁwa.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | miroite /mi.ʁwat/ | — | miroitons /mi.ʁwa.tɔ̃/ | miroitez /mi.ʁwa.te/ | — | |
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
- “miroiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.