ruminer

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rūminārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁy.mi.ne/
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Verb

ruminer

  1. to ruminate (to chew the cud)
  2. to ponder, turn over, chew over (in one's mind)
    • 1837, Louis Viardot, L’Ingénieux Hidalgo Don Quichotte de la Manche‎fr.Wikisource, translation of El ingenioso hidalgo Don Quijote de la Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra, Chapter I:
      Quatre jours se passèrent à ruminer dans sa tête quel nom il lui donnerait
      Four days were spent in turning over in his mind what name he would give him.

Conjugation

Conjugation of ruminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ruminer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ruminant
/ʁy.mi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ruminé
/ʁy.mi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rumine
/ʁy.min/ 		rumines
/ʁy.min/ 		rumine
/ʁy.min/ 		ruminons
/ʁy.mi.nɔ̃/ 		ruminez
/ʁy.mi.ne/ 		ruminent
/ʁy.min/
imperfect ruminais
/ʁy.mi.nɛ/ 		ruminais
/ʁy.mi.nɛ/ 		ruminait
/ʁy.mi.nɛ/ 		ruminions
/ʁy.mi.njɔ̃/ 		ruminiez
/ʁy.mi.nje/ 		ruminaient
/ʁy.mi.nɛ/
past historic2 ruminai
/ʁy.mi.ne/ 		ruminas
/ʁy.mi.na/ 		rumina
/ʁy.mi.na/ 		ruminâmes
/ʁy.mi.nam/ 		ruminâtes
/ʁy.mi.nat/ 		ruminèrent
/ʁy.mi.nɛʁ/
future ruminerai
/ʁy.min.ʁe/ 		rumineras
/ʁy.min.ʁa/ 		ruminera
/ʁy.min.ʁa/ 		ruminerons
/ʁy.min.ʁɔ̃/ 		ruminerez
/ʁy.min.ʁe/ 		rumineront
/ʁy.min.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ruminerais
/ʁy.min.ʁɛ/ 		ruminerais
/ʁy.min.ʁɛ/ 		ruminerait
/ʁy.min.ʁɛ/ 		ruminerions
/ʁy.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rumineriez
/ʁy.mi.nə.ʁje/ 		rumineraient
/ʁy.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 rumine
/ʁy.min/ 		rumines
/ʁy.min/ 		rumine
/ʁy.min/ 		ruminions
/ʁy.mi.njɔ̃/ 		ruminiez
/ʁy.mi.nje/ 		ruminent
/ʁy.min/
imperfect2 ruminasse
/ʁy.mi.nas/ 		ruminasses
/ʁy.mi.nas/ 		ruminât
/ʁy.mi.na/ 		ruminassions
/ʁy.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		ruminassiez
/ʁy.mi.na.sje/ 		ruminassent
/ʁy.mi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rumine
/ʁy.min/ 		— ruminons
/ʁy.mi.nɔ̃/ 		ruminez
/ʁy.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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

rūminer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of rūminor
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