initier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also commencer.

The "start" sense is a semantic loan from English initiate.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i.ni.sje/
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Verb

initier

  1. to initiate (to introduce into a religion, sect, art, etc.)
  2. to start, to initiate
    Synonyms: commencer, démarrer
    Antonyms: terminer, finir, cesser, arrêter

Conjugation
Conjugation of initier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple initier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple initiant
/i.ni.sjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle initié
/i.ni.sje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present initie
/i.ni.si/		 inities
/i.ni.si/		 initie
/i.ni.si/		 initions
/i.ni.sjɔ̃/		 initiez
/i.ni.sje/		 initient
/i.ni.si/
imperfect initiais
/i.ni.sjɛ/		 initiais
/i.ni.sjɛ/		 initiait
/i.ni.sjɛ/		 initiions
/i.ni.si.jɔ̃/		 initiiez
/i.ni.si.je/		 initiaient
/i.ni.sjɛ/
past historic2 initiai
/i.ni.sje/		 initias
/i.ni.sja/		 initia
/i.ni.sja/		 initiâmes
/i.ni.sjam/		 initiâtes
/i.ni.sjat/		 initièrent
/i.ni.sjɛʁ/
future initierai
/i.ni.si.ʁe/		 initieras
/i.ni.si.ʁa/		 initiera
/i.ni.si.ʁa/		 initierons
/i.ni.si.ʁɔ̃/		 initierez
/i.ni.si.ʁe/		 initieront
/i.ni.si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional initierais
/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/		 initierais
/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/		 initierait
/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/		 initierions
/i.ni.si.ʁjɔ̃/		 initieriez
/i.ni.si.ʁje/		 initieraient
/i.ni.si.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 initie
/i.ni.si/		 inities
/i.ni.si/		 initie
/i.ni.si/		 initiions
/i.ni.si.jɔ̃/		 initiiez
/i.ni.si.je/		 initient
/i.ni.si/
imperfect2 initiasse
/i.ni.sjas/		 initiasses
/i.ni.sjas/		 initiât
/i.ni.sja/		 initiassions
/i.ni.sja.sjɔ̃/		 initiassiez
/i.ni.sja.sje/		 initiassent
/i.ni.sjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — initie
/i.ni.si/		 — initions
/i.ni.sjɔ̃/		 initiez
/i.ni.sje/		 —
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

Further reading

Latin

Verb

initier

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of initiō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

initier

  1. imperative of initiere
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