activer
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ak.ti.ve/
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Verb
activer
- (transitive) to speed up
- (transitive) to stoke (e.g. a fire)
- (transitive) to activate
- (transitive) to enable (to activate a function of an electronic or mechanical device)
Conjugation
Conjugation of activer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | activer | avoir activé | |||||
| gerund | en activant | en ayant activé | |||||
| present participle | activant /ak.ti.vɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | activé /ak.ti.ve/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | active /ak.tiv/ |
actives /ak.tiv/ |
active /ak.tiv/ |
activons /ak.ti.vɔ̃/ |
activez /ak.ti.ve/ |
activent /ak.tiv/ |
| imperfect | activais /ak.ti.vɛ/ |
activais /ak.ti.vɛ/ |
activait /ak.ti.vɛ/ |
activions /ak.ti.vjɔ̃/ |
activiez /ak.ti.vje/ |
activaient /ak.ti.vɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | activai /ak.ti.ve/ |
activas /ak.ti.va/ |
activa /ak.ti.va/ |
activâmes /ak.ti.vam/ |
activâtes /ak.ti.vat/ |
activèrent /ak.ti.vɛʁ/ | |
| future | activerai /ak.ti.vʁe/ |
activeras /ak.ti.vʁa/ |
activera /ak.ti.vʁa/ |
activerons /ak.ti.vʁɔ̃/ |
activerez /ak.ti.vʁe/ |
activeront /ak.ti.vʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | activerais /ak.ti.vʁɛ/ |
activerais /ak.ti.vʁɛ/ |
activerait /ak.ti.vʁɛ/ |
activerions /ak.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
activeriez /ak.ti.və.ʁje/ |
activeraient /ak.ti.vʁɛ/ | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | active /ak.tiv/ |
actives /ak.tiv/ |
active /ak.tiv/ |
activions /ak.ti.vjɔ̃/ |
activiez /ak.ti.vje/ |
activent /ak.tiv/ |
| imperfect1 | activasse /ak.ti.vas/ |
activasses /ak.ti.vas/ |
activât /ak.ti.va/ |
activassions /ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃/ |
activassiez /ak.ti.va.sje/ |
activassent /ak.ti.vas/ | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | active /ak.tiv/ |
— | activons /ak.ti.vɔ̃/ |
activez /ak.ti.ve/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “activer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
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Adjective
activer
- comparative degree of activ
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