diviner

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English divinour, from Latin dīvīnātor (“diviner; fortune-teller; soothsayer”), from dīvīnāre (“to foresee, to foretell”). Doublet of divinator. Equivalent to divine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dɪˈvaɪnə(ɹ)/
  • Rhymes: -aɪnə(ɹ)

Noun

diviner (plural diviners)

  1. One who foretells the future.
  2. One who divines or conjectures.
  3. One who searches for underground objects or water using a divining rod.

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Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

diviner

  1. comparative form of divine: more divine

Anagrams

Latin

Verb

dīvīner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of dīvīnō

Middle French

Etymology

Latin dīvīnō.

Verb

diviner

  1. to divine

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of diviner
infinitive simple diviner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple divinant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle diviné
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present divine divines divine divinons divinez divinent
imperfect divinois, divinoys divinois, divinoys divinoit, divinoyt divinions, divinyons diviniez, divinyez divinoient, divinoyent
past historic divina divinas divina divinasmes divinastes divinerent
future divinerai, divineray divineras divinera divinerons divinerez divineront
conditional divinerois, divineroys divinerois, divineroys divineroit, divineroyt divinerions, divineryons divineriez, divineryez divineroient, divineroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present divine divines divine divinons divinez divinent
imperfect divinasse divinasses divinast divinassions divinassiez divinassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — divine — divinons divinez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).
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