imprimer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin imprimere, present active infinitive of imprimō. Doublet of empreindre, which was inherited. Unrelated to primer.
Pronunciation
Verb
imprimer
- to print, to print out
Conjugation
Conjugation of imprimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | imprimer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | imprimant /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | imprimé /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
imprimes /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
imprimons /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɔ̃/ |
imprimez /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/ |
impriment /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
| imperfect | imprimais /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/ |
imprimais /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/ |
imprimait /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/ |
imprimions /ɛ̃.pʁi.mjɔ̃/ |
imprimiez /ɛ̃.pʁi.mje/ |
imprimaient /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | imprimai /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/ |
imprimas /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/ |
imprima /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/ |
imprimâmes /ɛ̃.pʁi.mam/ |
imprimâtes /ɛ̃.pʁi.mat/ |
imprimèrent /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | imprimerai /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁe/ |
imprimeras /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁa/ |
imprimera /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁa/ |
imprimerons /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/ |
imprimerez /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁe/ |
imprimeront /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | imprimerais /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/ |
imprimerais /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/ |
imprimerait /ɛ̃.pʁim.ʁɛ/ |
imprimerions /ɛ̃.pʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
imprimeriez /ɛ̃.pʁi.mə.ʁje/ |
imprimeraient /ɛ̃.pʁim.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 | imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
imprimes /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
imprimions /ɛ̃.pʁi.mjɔ̃/ |
imprimiez /ɛ̃.pʁi.mje/ |
impriment /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
| imperfect2 | imprimasse /ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/ |
imprimasses /ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/ |
imprimât /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma/ |
imprimassions /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
imprimassiez /ɛ̃.pʁi.ma.sje/ |
imprimassent /ɛ̃.pʁi.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | imprime /ɛ̃.pʁim/ |
— | imprimons /ɛ̃.pʁi.mɔ̃/ |
imprimez /ɛ̃.pʁi.me/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Derived terms
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Further reading
- “imprimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.