incliner
English
References
- “incliner”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”). Supplanted the inherited Old French encliner.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kli.ne/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of incliner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | incliner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | inclinant /ɛ̃.kli.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | incliné /ɛ̃.kli.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | incline /ɛ̃.klin/ |
inclines /ɛ̃.klin/ |
incline /ɛ̃.klin/ |
inclinons /ɛ̃.kli.nɔ̃/ |
inclinez /ɛ̃.kli.ne/ |
inclinent /ɛ̃.klin/ |
| imperfect | inclinais /ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/ |
inclinais /ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/ |
inclinait /ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/ |
inclinions /ɛ̃.kli.njɔ̃/ |
incliniez /ɛ̃.kli.nje/ |
inclinaient /ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | inclinai /ɛ̃.kli.ne/ |
inclinas /ɛ̃.kli.na/ |
inclina /ɛ̃.kli.na/ |
inclinâmes /ɛ̃.kli.nam/ |
inclinâtes /ɛ̃.kli.nat/ |
inclinèrent /ɛ̃.kli.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | inclinerai /ɛ̃.klin.ʁe/ |
inclineras /ɛ̃.klin.ʁa/ |
inclinera /ɛ̃.klin.ʁa/ |
inclinerons /ɛ̃.klin.ʁɔ̃/ |
inclinerez /ɛ̃.klin.ʁe/ |
inclineront /ɛ̃.klin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inclinerais /ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/ |
inclinerais /ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/ |
inclinerait /ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/ |
inclinerions /ɛ̃.kli.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
inclineriez /ɛ̃.kli.nə.ʁje/ |
inclineraient /ɛ̃.klin.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 | incline /ɛ̃.klin/ |
inclines /ɛ̃.klin/ |
incline /ɛ̃.klin/ |
inclinions /ɛ̃.kli.njɔ̃/ |
incliniez /ɛ̃.kli.nje/ |
inclinent /ɛ̃.klin/ |
| imperfect2 | inclinasse /ɛ̃.kli.nas/ |
inclinasses /ɛ̃.kli.nas/ |
inclinât /ɛ̃.kli.na/ |
inclinassions /ɛ̃.kli.na.sjɔ̃/ |
inclinassiez /ɛ̃.kli.na.sje/ |
inclinassent /ɛ̃.kli.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | incline /ɛ̃.klin/ |
— | inclinons /ɛ̃.kli.nɔ̃/ |
inclinez /ɛ̃.kli.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “incliner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
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