illuminer

English

Noun

illuminer (plural illuminers)

1. One who, or that which, illuminates.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

From Latin illūminō, illūmināre (“illuminate, light up, brighten”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /i.ly.mi.ne/

Verb

illuminer

1. (transitive) to illuminate, to light up, to enlighten

   Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir

   The stars illuminate the dark sky

Synonyms

• éclairer

Conjugation

   Conjugation of illuminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		illuminer			avoir illuminé
gerund		en illuminant			en ayant illuminé
present participle		illuminant
past participle		illuminé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	illumine	illumines	illumine	illuminons	illuminez	illuminent
	imperfect	illuminais	illuminais	illuminait	illuminions	illuminiez	illuminaient
	past historic1	illuminai	illuminas	illumina	illuminâmes	illuminâtes	illuminèrent
	future	illuminerai	illumineras	illuminera	illuminerons	illuminerez	illumineront
	conditional	illuminerais	illuminerais	illuminerait	illuminerions	illumineriez	illumineraient
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 anterior1	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	illumine	illumines	illumine	illuminions	illuminiez	illuminent
	imperfect1	illuminasse	illuminasses	illuminât	illuminassions	illuminassiez	illuminassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	illumine	—	illuminons	illuminez	—
1literary tenses

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Latin

Verb

illūminer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of illūminō