illuminer

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English

Etymology

From illumine +‎ -er.

Noun

illuminer (plural illuminers)

  1. Someone or something that illuminates; an illuminator

References

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin illūmināre (“illuminate, light up, brighten”). Compare allumer and enluminer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ly.mi.ne/
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Verb

illuminer

  1. (transitive) to illuminate, to light up
    Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir.
    The stars illuminate the dark sky.
  2. (transitive, figurative) to illuminate, to enlighten

Conjugation

Conjugation of illuminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple illuminer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple illuminant
/i.ly.mi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle illuminé
/i.ly.mi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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 historic2 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 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 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/
imperfect2 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — illumine
/i.ly.min/ 		— illuminons
/i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/ 		illuminez
/i.ly.mi.ne/ 		—
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).

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Latin

Verb

illūminer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of illūminō
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