activer

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary
Jump to navigation Jump to search

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From actif, both from Latin activus.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ak.ti.ve/
  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

activer

  1. (transitive) to activate (to encourage development or induce increased activity; to stimulate)
  2. (transitive) to activate (to put a device, mechanism or system into action or motion; to enable)
  3. (transitive, physics) to activate (to render radioactive)
  4. (transitive) to speed up
  5. (transitive) to stoke (e.g. a fire)

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of activer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple activer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple activant
/ak.ti.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle activé
/ak.ti.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present active
/ak.tiv/ 		actives
/ak.tiv/ 		active
/ak.tiv/ 		activons
/ak.ti.vɔ̃/ 		activez
/ak.ti.ve/ 		activent
/ak.tiv/
imperfect activais
/ak.ti.vɛ/ 		activais
/ak.ti.vɛ/ 		activait
/ak.ti.vɛ/ 		activions
/ak.ti.vjɔ̃/ 		activiez
/ak.ti.vje/ 		activaient
/ak.ti.vɛ/
past historic2 activai
/ak.ti.ve/ 		activas
/ak.ti.va/ 		activa
/ak.ti.va/ 		activâmes
/ak.ti.vam/ 		activâtes
/ak.ti.vat/ 		activèrent
/ak.ti.vɛʁ/
future activerai
/ak.ti.vʁe/ 		activeras
/ak.ti.vʁa/ 		activera
/ak.ti.vʁa/ 		activerons
/ak.ti.vʁɔ̃/ 		activerez
/ak.ti.vʁe/ 		activeront
/ak.ti.vʁɔ̃/
conditional activerais
/ak.ti.vʁɛ/ 		activerais
/ak.ti.vʁɛ/ 		activerait
/ak.ti.vʁɛ/ 		activerions
/ak.ti.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		activeriez
/ak.ti.və.ʁje/ 		activeraient
/ak.ti.vʁɛ/
(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 active
/ak.tiv/ 		actives
/ak.tiv/ 		active
/ak.tiv/ 		activions
/ak.ti.vjɔ̃/ 		activiez
/ak.ti.vje/ 		activent
/ak.tiv/
imperfect2 activasse
/ak.ti.vas/ 		activasses
/ak.ti.vas/ 		activât
/ak.ti.va/ 		activassions
/ak.ti.va.sjɔ̃/ 		activassiez
/ak.ti.va.sje/ 		activassent
/ak.ti.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — active
/ak.tiv/ 		— activons
/ak.ti.vɔ̃/ 		activez
/ak.ti.ve/ 		—
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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

German[edit]

Adjective[edit]

activer

  1. comparative degree of activ

Adjective[edit]

activer

  1. inflection of activ:
    1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
    2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
    3. strong genitive plural
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=activer&oldid=72541105"