inaugurer

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin inaugurāre (“approve on the basis of omens”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.no.ɡy.ʁe/

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Verb

inaugurer

1. to inaugurate

Conjugation

Conjugation of inaugurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	inaugurer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	inaugurant /i.no.ɡy.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		inauguré /i.no.ɡy.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	inaugure /i.no.ɡyʁ/	inaugures /i.no.ɡyʁ/	inaugure /i.no.ɡyʁ/	inaugurons /i.no.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/	inaugurez /i.no.ɡy.ʁe/	inaugurent /i.no.ɡyʁ/
	imperfect	inaugurais /i.no.ɡy.ʁɛ/	inaugurais /i.no.ɡy.ʁɛ/	inaugurait /i.no.ɡy.ʁɛ/	inaugurions /i.no.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/	inauguriez /i.no.ɡy.ʁje/	inauguraient /i.no.ɡy.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	inaugurai /i.no.ɡy.ʁe/	inauguras /i.no.ɡy.ʁa/	inaugura /i.no.ɡy.ʁa/	inaugurâmes /i.no.ɡy.ʁam/	inaugurâtes /i.no.ɡy.ʁat/	inaugurèrent /i.no.ɡy.ʁɛʁ/
	future	inaugurerai /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/	inaugureras /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/	inaugurera /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/	inaugurerons /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	inaugurerez /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/	inaugureront /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	inaugurerais /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	inaugurerais /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	inaugurerait /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/	inaugurerions /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	inaugureriez /i.no.ɡy.ʁə.ʁje/	inaugureraient /i.no.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	inaugure /i.no.ɡyʁ/	inaugures /i.no.ɡyʁ/	inaugure /i.no.ɡyʁ/	inaugurions /i.no.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/	inauguriez /i.no.ɡy.ʁje/	inaugurent /i.no.ɡyʁ/
	imperfect2	inaugurasse /i.no.ɡy.ʁas/	inaugurasses /i.no.ɡy.ʁas/	inaugurât /i.no.ɡy.ʁa/	inaugurassions /i.no.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	inaugurassiez /i.no.ɡy.ʁa.sje/	inaugurassent /i.no.ɡy.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	inaugure /i.no.ɡyʁ/	—	inaugurons /i.no.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/	inaugurez /i.no.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).

Derived terms

• inaugural
• inauguration

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

inaugurer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of inaugurō