individuer

French

Etymology

From individu +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Verb

individuer

1. to individuate

Conjugation

Conjugation of individuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	individuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	individuant /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		individué /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/	individues /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/	individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/	individuons /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɔ̃/	individuez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥe/	individuent /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/
	imperfect	individuais /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛ/	individuais /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛ/	individuait /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛ/	individuions /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.jɔ̃/	individuiez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.je/	individuaient /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛ/
	past historic2	individuai /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥe/	individuas /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa/	individua /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa/	individuâmes /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥam/	individuâtes /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥat/	individuèrent /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɛʁ/
	future	individuerai /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁe/	individueras /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁa/	individuera /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁa/	individuerons /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɔ̃/	individuerez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁe/	individueront /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	individuerais /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɛ/	individuerais /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɛ/	individuerait /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁɛ/	individuerions /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁjɔ̃/	individueriez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.ʁje/	individueraient /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.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	individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/	individues /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/	individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/	individuions /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.jɔ̃/	individuiez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy.je/	individuent /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/
	imperfect2	individuasse /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥas/	individuasses /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥas/	individuât /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa/	individuassions /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.sjɔ̃/	individuassiez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥa.sje/	individuassent /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	individue /ɛ̃.di.vi.dy/	—	individuons /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥɔ̃/	individuez /ɛ̃.di.vi.dɥe/	—
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

• individuation
• réindividuer

Further reading

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