illuminer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

illumine +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

illuminer (plural illuminers)

  1. Someone or something that illuminates; an illuminator

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin illūmināre (“illuminate, light up, brighten”). Compare allumer and enluminer.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /i.ly.mi.ne/
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Verb[edit]

illuminer

  1. (transitive) to illuminate, to light up
    Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir.
    The stars illuminate the dark sky.
  2. (transitive, figurative) to illuminate, to enlighten

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of illuminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple illuminer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple illuminant
/i.ly.mi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle illuminé
/i.ly.mi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present illumine
/i.ly.min/ 		illumines
/i.ly.min/ 		illumine
/i.ly.min/ 		illuminons
/i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/ 		illuminez
/i.ly.mi.ne/ 		illuminent
/i.ly.min/
imperfect illuminais
/i.ly.mi.nɛ/ 		illuminais
/i.ly.mi.nɛ/ 		illuminait
/i.ly.mi.nɛ/ 		illuminions
/i.ly.mi.njɔ̃/ 		illuminiez
/i.ly.mi.nje/ 		illuminaient
/i.ly.mi.nɛ/
past historic2 illuminai
/i.ly.mi.ne/ 		illuminas
/i.ly.mi.na/ 		illumina
/i.ly.mi.na/ 		illuminâmes
/i.ly.mi.nam/ 		illuminâtes
/i.ly.mi.nat/ 		illuminèrent
/i.ly.mi.nɛʁ/
future illuminerai
/i.ly.min.ʁe/ 		illumineras
/i.ly.min.ʁa/ 		illuminera
/i.ly.min.ʁa/ 		illuminerons
/i.ly.min.ʁɔ̃/ 		illuminerez
/i.ly.min.ʁe/ 		illumineront
/i.ly.min.ʁɔ̃/
conditional illuminerais
/i.ly.min.ʁɛ/ 		illuminerais
/i.ly.min.ʁɛ/ 		illuminerait
/i.ly.min.ʁɛ/ 		illuminerions
/i.ly.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		illumineriez
/i.ly.mi.nə.ʁje/ 		illumineraient
/i.ly.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 illumine
/i.ly.min/ 		illumines
/i.ly.min/ 		illumine
/i.ly.min/ 		illuminions
/i.ly.mi.njɔ̃/ 		illuminiez
/i.ly.mi.nje/ 		illuminent
/i.ly.min/
imperfect2 illuminasse
/i.ly.mi.nas/ 		illuminasses
/i.ly.mi.nas/ 		illuminât
/i.ly.mi.na/ 		illuminassions
/i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		illuminassiez
/i.ly.mi.na.sje/ 		illuminassent
/i.ly.mi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — illumine
/i.ly.min/ 		— illuminons
/i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/ 		illuminez
/i.ly.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

illūminer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of illūminō
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