informer

English

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Etymology

inform +‎ -er

Pronunciation
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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)mə(ɹ)

Noun

informer (plural informers)

  1. One who informs someone else about something.
  2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
  3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmāre.

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

informer

  1. to inform; to enlighten; to impart knowledge (upon)
    Il m’a informé de la situation présente.
    He has informed me of the present situation.
  2. (reflexive) to inquire

Conjugation
Conjugation of informer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple informer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple informant
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle informé
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informes
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informons
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/		 informez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/		 informent
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/
imperfect informais
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/		 informais
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/		 informait
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/		 informions
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/		 informiez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mje/		 informaient
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 informai
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/		 informas
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/		 informa
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/		 informâmes
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mam/		 informâtes
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mat/		 informèrent
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛʁ/
future informerai
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/		 informeras
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/		 informera
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/		 informerons
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/		 informerez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/		 informeront
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional informerais
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 informerais
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 informerait
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 informerions
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 informeriez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁje/		 informeraient
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.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 informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informes
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informions
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/		 informiez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mje/		 informent
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/
imperfect2 informasse
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/		 informasses
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/		 informât
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/		 informassions
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/		 informassiez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sje/		 informassent
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 — informons
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/		 informez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

īnfōrmer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnfōrmō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

informer

  1. imperative of informere
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