incliner

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English

Etymology

From incline +‎ -er.

Noun

incliner (plural incliners)

  1. Someone or something that inclines, especially an inclined dial.

References

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”). Supplanted the inherited Old French encliner.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kli.ne/
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Verb

incliner

  1. to incline
  2. (reflexive) to lose
  3. (reflexive) to set, to go down

Conjugation

Conjugation of incliner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple incliner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple inclinant
/ɛ̃.kli.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle incliné
/ɛ̃.kli.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present incline
/ɛ̃.klin/ 		inclines
/ɛ̃.klin/ 		incline
/ɛ̃.klin/ 		inclinons
/ɛ̃.kli.nɔ̃/ 		inclinez
/ɛ̃.kli.ne/ 		inclinent
/ɛ̃.klin/
imperfect inclinais
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/ 		inclinais
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/ 		inclinait
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/ 		inclinions
/ɛ̃.kli.njɔ̃/ 		incliniez
/ɛ̃.kli.nje/ 		inclinaient
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/
past historic2 inclinai
/ɛ̃.kli.ne/ 		inclinas
/ɛ̃.kli.na/ 		inclina
/ɛ̃.kli.na/ 		inclinâmes
/ɛ̃.kli.nam/ 		inclinâtes
/ɛ̃.kli.nat/ 		inclinèrent
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛʁ/
future inclinerai
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁe/ 		inclineras
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁa/ 		inclinera
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁa/ 		inclinerons
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɔ̃/ 		inclinerez
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁe/ 		inclineront
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional inclinerais
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/ 		inclinerais
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/ 		inclinerait
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/ 		inclinerions
/ɛ̃.kli.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		inclineriez
/ɛ̃.kli.nə.ʁje/ 		inclineraient
/ɛ̃.klin.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 incline
/ɛ̃.klin/ 		inclines
/ɛ̃.klin/ 		incline
/ɛ̃.klin/ 		inclinions
/ɛ̃.kli.njɔ̃/ 		incliniez
/ɛ̃.kli.nje/ 		inclinent
/ɛ̃.klin/
imperfect2 inclinasse
/ɛ̃.kli.nas/ 		inclinasses
/ɛ̃.kli.nas/ 		inclinât
/ɛ̃.kli.na/ 		inclinassions
/ɛ̃.kli.na.sjɔ̃/ 		inclinassiez
/ɛ̃.kli.na.sje/ 		inclinassent
/ɛ̃.kli.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — incline
/ɛ̃.klin/ 		— inclinons
/ɛ̃.kli.nɔ̃/ 		inclinez
/ɛ̃.kli.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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

inclīner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of inclīnō
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