imiter

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Danish[edit]

Verb[edit]

imiter or imitér

  1. imperative of imitere

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin imitārī.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /i.mi.te/
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Verb[edit]

imiter

  1. to imitate

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of imiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple imiter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple imitant
/i.mi.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle imité
/i.mi.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present imite
/i.mit/ 		imites
/i.mit/ 		imite
/i.mit/ 		imitons
/i.mi.tɔ̃/ 		imitez
/i.mi.te/ 		imitent
/i.mit/
imperfect imitais
/i.mi.tɛ/ 		imitais
/i.mi.tɛ/ 		imitait
/i.mi.tɛ/ 		imitions
/i.mi.tjɔ̃/ 		imitiez
/i.mi.tje/ 		imitaient
/i.mi.tɛ/
past historic2 imitai
/i.mi.te/ 		imitas
/i.mi.ta/ 		imita
/i.mi.ta/ 		imitâmes
/i.mi.tam/ 		imitâtes
/i.mi.tat/ 		imitèrent
/i.mi.tɛʁ/
future imiterai
/i.mi.tʁe/ 		imiteras
/i.mi.tʁa/ 		imitera
/i.mi.tʁa/ 		imiterons
/i.mi.tʁɔ̃/ 		imiterez
/i.mi.tʁe/ 		imiteront
/i.mi.tʁɔ̃/
conditional imiterais
/i.mi.tʁɛ/ 		imiterais
/i.mi.tʁɛ/ 		imiterait
/i.mi.tʁɛ/ 		imiterions
/i.mi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		imiteriez
/i.mi.tə.ʁje/ 		imiteraient
/i.mi.tʁɛ/
(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 imite
/i.mit/ 		imites
/i.mit/ 		imite
/i.mit/ 		imitions
/i.mi.tjɔ̃/ 		imitiez
/i.mi.tje/ 		imitent
/i.mit/
imperfect2 imitasse
/i.mi.tas/ 		imitasses
/i.mi.tas/ 		imitât
/i.mi.ta/ 		imitassions
/i.mi.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		imitassiez
/i.mi.ta.sje/ 		imitassent
/i.mi.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — imite
/i.mit/ 		— imitons
/i.mi.tɔ̃/ 		imitez
/i.mi.te/ 		—
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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Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

imiter

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of imitor

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Verb[edit]

imiter

  1. imperative of imitere
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