imprimer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imprimere. Doublet of empreindre, which was inherited. Unrelated to primer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/
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Verb

imprimer

  1. to print, to print out

Conjugation
Conjugation of imprimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple imprimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple imprimant
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle imprimé
/ɛ̃.pʁi.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present imprime
/ɛ̃.pʁim/		 imprimes
/ɛ̃.pʁim/		 imprime
/ɛ̃.pʁim/		 imprimons
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mɔ̃/		 imprimez
/ɛ̃.pʁi.me/		 impriment
/ɛ̃.pʁim/
imperfect imprimais
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/		 imprimais
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/		 imprimait
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/		 imprimions
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mjɔ̃/		 imprimiez
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mje/		 imprimaient
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/
past historic2 imprimai
/ɛ̃.pʁi.me/		 imprimas
/ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/		 imprima
/ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/		 imprimâmes
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mam/		 imprimâtes
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mat/		 imprimèrent
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛʁ/
future imprimerai
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁe/		 imprimeras
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁa/		 imprimera
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁa/		 imprimerons
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/		 imprimerez
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁe/		 imprimeront
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional imprimerais
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/		 imprimerais
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/		 imprimerait
/ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/		 imprimerions
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 imprimeriez
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mə.ʁje/		 imprimeraient
/ɛ̃.pʁim.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 imprime
/ɛ̃.pʁim/		 imprimes
/ɛ̃.pʁim/		 imprime
/ɛ̃.pʁim/		 imprimions
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mjɔ̃/		 imprimiez
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mje/		 impriment
/ɛ̃.pʁim/
imperfect2 imprimasse
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/		 imprimasses
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/		 imprimât
/ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/		 imprimassions
/ɛ̃.pʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/		 imprimassiez
/ɛ̃.pʁi.ma.sje/		 imprimassent
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — imprime
/ɛ̃.pʁim/		 — imprimons
/ɛ̃.pʁi.mɔ̃/		 imprimez
/ɛ̃.pʁi.me/		 —
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).

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