illuminer
English
Etymology
Noun
illuminer (plural illuminers)
- One who, or that which, illuminates.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for illuminer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin illūminō, illūmināre (“illuminate, light up, brighten”). Compare allumer and enluminer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ly.mi.ne/
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Verb
illuminer
- (transitive) to illuminate, to light up
- Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir.
- The stars illuminate the dark sky.
- Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir.
- (transitive, figuratively) to illuminate, to enlighten
Conjugation
Conjugation of illuminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | illuminer | avoir illuminé | |||||
| gerund | en illuminant | en ayant illuminé | |||||
| present participle | illuminant /i.ly.mi.nɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | illuminé /i.ly.mi.ne/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | illumine /i.ly.min/ |
illumines /i.ly.min/ |
illumine /i.ly.min/ |
illuminons /i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/ |
illuminez /i.ly.mi.ne/ |
illuminent /i.ly.min/ |
| imperfect | illuminais /i.ly.mi.nɛ/ |
illuminais /i.ly.mi.nɛ/ |
illuminait /i.ly.mi.nɛ/ |
illuminions /i.ly.mi.njɔ̃/ |
illuminiez /i.ly.mi.nje/ |
illuminaient /i.ly.mi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | illuminai /i.ly.mi.ne/ |
illuminas /i.ly.mi.na/ |
illumina /i.ly.mi.na/ |
illuminâmes /i.ly.mi.nam/ |
illuminâtes /i.ly.mi.nat/ |
illuminèrent /i.ly.mi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | illuminerai /i.ly.min.ʁe/ |
illumineras /i.ly.min.ʁa/ |
illuminera /i.ly.min.ʁa/ |
illuminerons /i.ly.min.ʁɔ̃/ |
illuminerez /i.ly.min.ʁe/ |
illumineront /i.ly.min.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | illuminerais /i.ly.min.ʁɛ/ |
illuminerais /i.ly.min.ʁɛ/ |
illuminerait /i.ly.min.ʁɛ/ |
illuminerions /i.ly.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
illumineriez /i.ly.mi.nə.ʁje/ |
illumineraient /i.ly.min.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | illumine /i.ly.min/ |
illumines /i.ly.min/ |
illumine /i.ly.min/ |
illuminions /i.ly.mi.njɔ̃/ |
illuminiez /i.ly.mi.nje/ |
illuminent /i.ly.min/ |
| imperfect1 | illuminasse /i.ly.mi.nas/ |
illuminasses /i.ly.mi.nas/ |
illuminât /i.ly.mi.na/ |
illuminassions /i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
illuminassiez /i.ly.mi.na.sje/ |
illuminassent /i.ly.mi.nas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | illumine /i.ly.min/ |
— | illuminons /i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/ |
illuminez /i.ly.mi.ne/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Synonyms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “illuminer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Verb
illūminer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of illūminō
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