figurer

English

Etymology

From figure +‎ -er.

Noun

figurer (plural figurers)

1. One who figures or calculates.
   • 1962, The Book of Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopedia, page 1655:

     With its aid they are quick and nimble figurers. The next digital computer was the adding or calculating machine first completed in 1642 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal.

Danish

Noun

figurer

1. indefinite plural of figur

Verb

figurer

1. imperative of figurere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (infinitive figūrāre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.ɡy.ʁe/

• Audio:

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Verb

figurer

1. to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent
2. (reflexive) to imagine, picture
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, chapter 6, in Les Misérables, Tome I : Fantine, book 1:

     Rien de plus simple à se figurer que la chambre à coucher de l’évêque.

     Nothing could be simpler than picturing the bishop's bed-chamber.

Conjugation

Conjugation of figurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	figurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	figurant /fi.ɡy.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		figuré /fi.ɡy.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	figure /fi.ɡyʁ/	figures /fi.ɡyʁ/	figure /fi.ɡyʁ/	figurons /fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/	figurez /fi.ɡy.ʁe/	figurent /fi.ɡyʁ/
	imperfect	figurais /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/	figurais /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/	figurait /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/	figurions /fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/	figuriez /fi.ɡy.ʁje/	figuraient /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	figurai /fi.ɡy.ʁe/	figuras /fi.ɡy.ʁa/	figura /fi.ɡy.ʁa/	figurâmes /fi.ɡy.ʁam/	figurâtes /fi.ɡy.ʁat/	figurèrent /fi.ɡy.ʁɛʁ/
	future	figurerai /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/	figureras /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/	figurera /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/	figurerons /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	figurerez /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/	figureront /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	figurerais /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	figurerais /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	figurerait /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	figurerions /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	figureriez /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁje/	figureraient /fi.ɡy.ʁə.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	figure /fi.ɡyʁ/	figures /fi.ɡyʁ/	figure /fi.ɡyʁ/	figurions /fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/	figuriez /fi.ɡy.ʁje/	figurent /fi.ɡyʁ/
	imperfect2	figurasse /fi.ɡy.ʁas/	figurasses /fi.ɡy.ʁas/	figurât /fi.ɡy.ʁa/	figurassions /fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	figurassiez /fi.ɡy.ʁa.sje/	figurassent /fi.ɡy.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	figure /fi.ɡyʁ/	—	figurons /fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/	figurez /fi.ɡy.ʁe/	—
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

• figure
• figuré

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

figūrer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of figūrō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

figurer m

1. indefinite plural of figur

Swedish

Noun

figurer

1. indefinite plural of figur