nominer
French
Etymology
Since 1980, calque of English nominate, from Latin nominare See also nommer, which was inherited from the Latin.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /nɔ.mi.ne/
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Verb
nominer
- to nominate
Usage notes
Considered a "barbarism" by some French linguistic authorities.
Conjugation
Conjugation of nominer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nominer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | nominant /nɔ.mi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nominé /nɔ.mi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nomine /nɔ.min/ | nomines /nɔ.min/ | nomine /nɔ.min/ | nominons /nɔ.mi.nɔ̃/ | nominez /nɔ.mi.ne/ | nominent /nɔ.min/ |
| imperfect | nominais /nɔ.mi.nɛ/ | nominais /nɔ.mi.nɛ/ | nominait /nɔ.mi.nɛ/ | nominions /nɔ.mi.njɔ̃/ | nominiez /nɔ.mi.nje/ | nominaient /nɔ.mi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | nominai /nɔ.mi.ne/ | nominas /nɔ.mi.na/ | nomina /nɔ.mi.na/ | nominâmes /nɔ.mi.nam/ | nominâtes /nɔ.mi.nat/ | nominèrent /nɔ.mi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | nominerai /nɔ.min.ʁe/ | nomineras /nɔ.min.ʁa/ | nominera /nɔ.min.ʁa/ | nominerons /nɔ.min.ʁɔ̃/ | nominerez /nɔ.min.ʁe/ | nomineront /nɔ.min.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nominerais /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/ | nominerais /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/ | nominerait /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/ | nominerions /nɔ.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ | nomineriez /nɔ.mi.nə.ʁje/ | nomineraient /nɔ.min.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 | nomine /nɔ.min/ | nomines /nɔ.min/ | nomine /nɔ.min/ | nominions /nɔ.mi.njɔ̃/ | nominiez /nɔ.mi.nje/ | nominent /nɔ.min/ |
| imperfect2 | nominasse /nɔ.mi.nas/ | nominasses /nɔ.mi.nas/ | nominât /nɔ.mi.na/ | nominassions /nɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ | nominassiez /nɔ.mi.na.sje/ | nominassent /nɔ.mi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nomine /nɔ.min/ | — | nominons /nɔ.mi.nɔ̃/ | nominez /nɔ.mi.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- nomination
- see nom
Further reading
- “nominer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
nōminer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of nōminō
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
nominer
- imperative of nominere