deviner

French

Etymology

From Late Latin devināre, from Latin dīvīnāre, present active infinitive of dīvīnō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /də.vi.ne/

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Verb

deviner

1. to guess; to work out, figure out
2. to sense, perceive

Conjugation

Conjugation of deviner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	deviner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	devinant /də.vi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		deviné /də.vi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	devine /də.vin/	devines /də.vin/	devine /də.vin/	devinons /də.vi.nɔ̃/	devinez /də.vi.ne/	devinent /də.vin/
	imperfect	devinais /də.vi.nɛ/	devinais /də.vi.nɛ/	devinait /də.vi.nɛ/	devinions /də.vi.njɔ̃/	deviniez /də.vi.nje/	devinaient /də.vi.nɛ/
	past historic2	devinai /də.vi.ne/	devinas /də.vi.na/	devina /də.vi.na/	devinâmes /də.vi.nam/	devinâtes /də.vi.nat/	devinèrent /də.vi.nɛʁ/
	future	devinerai /də.vin.ʁe/	devineras /də.vin.ʁa/	devinera /də.vin.ʁa/	devinerons /də.vin.ʁɔ̃/	devinerez /də.vin.ʁe/	devineront /də.vin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	devinerais /də.vin.ʁɛ/	devinerais /də.vin.ʁɛ/	devinerait /də.vin.ʁɛ/	devinerions /də.vi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	devineriez /də.vi.nə.ʁje/	devineraient /də.vin.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	devine /də.vin/	devines /də.vin/	devine /də.vin/	devinions /də.vi.njɔ̃/	deviniez /də.vi.nje/	devinent /də.vin/
	imperfect2	devinasse /də.vi.nas/	devinasses /də.vi.nas/	devinât /də.vi.na/	devinassions /də.vi.na.sjɔ̃/	devinassiez /də.vi.na.sje/	devinassent /də.vi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	devine /də.vin/	—	devinons /də.vi.nɔ̃/	devinez /də.vi.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).

Related terms

• devin
• divin
• divination
• divinatoire

Further reading

• “deviner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• devenir
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