figurer

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English

Etymology

From figure +‎ -er.

Noun

figurer (plural figurers)

  1. One who figures or calculates.
    • 1962, The Book of Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopedia, page 1655:
      With its aid they are quick and nimble figurers. The next digital computer was the adding or calculating machine first completed in 1642 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal.

Danish

Noun

figurer

  1. indefinite plural of figur

Verb

figurer

  1. imperative of figurere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (infinitive figūrāre).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.ɡy.ʁe/
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Verb

figurer

  1. to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent
  2. (reflexive) to imagine, picture
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 6, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:
      Rien de plus simple à se figurer que la chambre à coucher de l’évêque.
      Nothing could be simpler than picturing the bishop's bed-chamber.

Conjugation

Conjugation of figurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple figurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple figurant
/fi.ɡy.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle figuré
/fi.ɡy.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figures
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figurons
/fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/ 		figurez
/fi.ɡy.ʁe/ 		figurent
/fi.ɡyʁ/
imperfect figurais
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ 		figurais
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ 		figurait
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ 		figurions
/fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		figuriez
/fi.ɡy.ʁje/ 		figuraient
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/
past historic2 figurai
/fi.ɡy.ʁe/ 		figuras
/fi.ɡy.ʁa/ 		figura
/fi.ɡy.ʁa/ 		figurâmes
/fi.ɡy.ʁam/ 		figurâtes
/fi.ɡy.ʁat/ 		figurèrent
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛʁ/
future figurerai
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		figureras
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		figurera
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		figurerons
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		figurerez
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		figureront
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional figurerais
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		figurerais
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		figurerait
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		figurerions
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		figureriez
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁje/ 		figureraient
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.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 figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figures
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figurions
/fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		figuriez
/fi.ɡy.ʁje/ 		figurent
/fi.ɡyʁ/
imperfect2 figurasse
/fi.ɡy.ʁas/ 		figurasses
/fi.ɡy.ʁas/ 		figurât
/fi.ɡy.ʁa/ 		figurassions
/fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		figurassiez
/fi.ɡy.ʁa.sje/ 		figurassent
/fi.ɡy.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		— figurons
/fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/ 		figurez
/fi.ɡy.ʁe/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

figūrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of figūrō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

figurer m

  1. indefinite plural of figur

Swedish

Noun

figurer

  1. indefinite plural of figur
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