former
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[edit] English
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- Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mə(r)
[edit] Adjective
former (not comparable)
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- (previous) latter
[edit] Translations
previous
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first of a list of two items
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[edit] Noun
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former (plural formers)
- Someone who forms something.
- Dave was the former of the company.
- (chiefly British, used in combinations) Someone in, or of, a certain form (class).
- Fifth-former
- Sixth-former.
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[edit] French
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[edit] Verb
former
[edit] Conjugation
Conjugation of former (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | former | avoir formé | |||||
| gerund | en formant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | formant | ||||||
| past participle | formé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | forme | formes | forme | formons | formez | forment |
| imperfect | formais | formais | formait | formions | formiez | formaient | |
| past historic | formai | formas | forma | formâmes | formâtes | formèrent | |
| future | formerai | formeras | formera | formerons | formerez | formeront | |
| conditional | formerais | formerais | formerait | formerions | formeriez | formeraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | forme | formes | forme | formions | formiez | forment |
| imperfect | formasse | formasses | formât | formassions | formassiez | formassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | forme | — | formons | formez | — | ||
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[edit] Noun
former
- Indefinite plural of form.
