initier

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also commencer.

The "start" sense is a semantic loan from English initiate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /i.ni.sje/
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Verb

initier

  1. to initiate (to introduce into a religion, sect, art, etc.)
  2. to start, to initiate
    Synonyms: commencer, démarrer
    Antonyms: terminer, finir, cesser, arrêter

Conjugation

Conjugation of initier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple initier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple initiant
/i.ni.sjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle initié
/i.ni.sje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present initie
/i.ni.si/ 		inities
/i.ni.si/ 		initie
/i.ni.si/ 		initions
/i.ni.sjɔ̃/ 		initiez
/i.ni.sje/ 		initient
/i.ni.si/
imperfect initiais
/i.ni.sjɛ/ 		initiais
/i.ni.sjɛ/ 		initiait
/i.ni.sjɛ/ 		initiions
/i.ni.si.jɔ̃/ 		initiiez
/i.ni.si.je/ 		initiaient
/i.ni.sjɛ/
past historic2 initiai
/i.ni.sje/ 		initias
/i.ni.sja/ 		initia
/i.ni.sja/ 		initiâmes
/i.ni.sjam/ 		initiâtes
/i.ni.sjat/ 		initièrent
/i.ni.sjɛʁ/
future initierai
/i.ni.si.ʁe/ 		initieras
/i.ni.si.ʁa/ 		initiera
/i.ni.si.ʁa/ 		initierons
/i.ni.si.ʁɔ̃/ 		initierez
/i.ni.si.ʁe/ 		initieront
/i.ni.si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional initierais
/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/ 		initierais
/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/ 		initierait
/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/ 		initierions
/i.ni.si.ʁjɔ̃/ 		initieriez
/i.ni.si.ʁje/ 		initieraient
/i.ni.si.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 initie
/i.ni.si/ 		inities
/i.ni.si/ 		initie
/i.ni.si/ 		initiions
/i.ni.si.jɔ̃/ 		initiiez
/i.ni.si.je/ 		initient
/i.ni.si/
imperfect2 initiasse
/i.ni.sjas/ 		initiasses
/i.ni.sjas/ 		initiât
/i.ni.sja/ 		initiassions
/i.ni.sja.sjɔ̃/ 		initiassiez
/i.ni.sja.sje/ 		initiassent
/i.ni.sjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — initie
/i.ni.si/ 		— initions
/i.ni.sjɔ̃/ 		initiez
/i.ni.sje/ 		—
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

initier

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of initiō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

initier

  1. imperative of initiere
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