imager

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English

Etymology

From Middle English ymageour, from Old French imageor; equivalent to image +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Noun

imager (plural imagers)

  1. One who images or forms likenesses; a sculptor.
  2. (computing) A system that creates a digital copy such as a disk image.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From image +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

Verb

imager

  1. to embellish with images

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written image- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of imager (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple imager
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple imageant
/i.ma.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle imagé
/i.ma.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present image
/i.maʒ/ 		images
/i.maʒ/ 		image
/i.maʒ/ 		imageons
/i.ma.ʒɔ̃/ 		imagez
/i.ma.ʒe/ 		imagent
/i.maʒ/
imperfect imageais
/i.ma.ʒɛ/ 		imageais
/i.ma.ʒɛ/ 		imageait
/i.ma.ʒɛ/ 		imagions
/i.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ 		imagiez
/i.ma.ʒje/ 		imageaient
/i.ma.ʒɛ/
past historic2 imageai
/i.ma.ʒe/ 		imageas
/i.ma.ʒa/ 		imagea
/i.ma.ʒa/ 		imageâmes
/i.ma.ʒam/ 		imageâtes
/i.ma.ʒat/ 		imagèrent
/i.ma.ʒɛʁ/
future imagerai
/i.maʒ.ʁe/ 		imageras
/i.maʒ.ʁa/ 		imagera
/i.maʒ.ʁa/ 		imagerons
/i.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		imagerez
/i.maʒ.ʁe/ 		imageront
/i.maʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional imagerais
/i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ 		imagerais
/i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ 		imagerait
/i.maʒ.ʁɛ/ 		imagerions
/i.ma.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		imageriez
/i.ma.ʒə.ʁje/ 		imageraient
/i.maʒ.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 image
/i.maʒ/ 		images
/i.maʒ/ 		image
/i.maʒ/ 		imagions
/i.ma.ʒjɔ̃/ 		imagiez
/i.ma.ʒje/ 		imagent
/i.maʒ/
imperfect2 imageasse
/i.ma.ʒas/ 		imageasses
/i.ma.ʒas/ 		imageât
/i.ma.ʒa/ 		imageassions
/i.ma.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		imageassiez
/i.ma.ʒa.sje/ 		imageassent
/i.ma.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — image
/i.maʒ/ 		— imageons
/i.ma.ʒɔ̃/ 		imagez
/i.ma.ʒe/ 		—
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

Middle English

Noun

imager

  1. Alternative form of ymageour
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