imaginer

English

Etymology

From imagine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnɚ/

Noun

imaginer (plural imaginers)

  1. One who imagines (something).
    • 2007 March 18, Terrence Rafferty, “Ice Men”, in New York Times‎:
      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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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French imaginer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒi.ne/
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Verb

imaginer

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Romanian: imagina

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /iˈmaː.ɡi.ner/, [ɪˈmäːɡɪnɛr]

Verb

imāginer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of imāginor

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imāginārī.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /imad͡ʒiˈneːɾ/

Verb

imaginer

  1. to examine; to look at
  2. to depict in the form of an image
  3. 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 gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— imagine — imaginons imaginez —

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