innover

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin innovāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.nɔ.ve/

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Verb

innover

1. to innovate

Conjugation

Conjugation of innover (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	innover
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	innovant /i.nɔ.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		innové /i.nɔ.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	innove /i.nɔv/	innoves /i.nɔv/	innove /i.nɔv/	innovons /i.nɔ.vɔ̃/	innovez /i.nɔ.ve/	innovent /i.nɔv/
	imperfect	innovais /i.nɔ.vɛ/	innovais /i.nɔ.vɛ/	innovait /i.nɔ.vɛ/	innovions /i.nɔ.vjɔ̃/	innoviez /i.nɔ.vje/	innovaient /i.nɔ.vɛ/
	past historic2	innovai /i.nɔ.ve/	innovas /i.nɔ.va/	innova /i.nɔ.va/	innovâmes /i.nɔ.vam/	innovâtes /i.nɔ.vat/	innovèrent /i.nɔ.vɛʁ/
	future	innoverai /i.nɔ.vʁe/	innoveras /i.nɔ.vʁa/	innovera /i.nɔ.vʁa/	innoverons /i.nɔ.vʁɔ̃/	innoverez /i.nɔ.vʁe/	innoveront /i.nɔ.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	innoverais /i.nɔ.vʁɛ/	innoverais /i.nɔ.vʁɛ/	innoverait /i.nɔ.vʁɛ/	innoverions /i.nɔ.və.ʁjɔ̃/	innoveriez /i.nɔ.və.ʁje/	innoveraient /i.nɔ.vʁɛ/
(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	innove /i.nɔv/	innoves /i.nɔv/	innove /i.nɔv/	innovions /i.nɔ.vjɔ̃/	innoviez /i.nɔ.vje/	innovent /i.nɔv/
	imperfect2	innovasse /i.nɔ.vas/	innovasses /i.nɔ.vas/	innovât /i.nɔ.va/	innovassions /i.nɔ.va.sjɔ̃/	innovassiez /i.nɔ.va.sje/	innovassent /i.nɔ.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	innove /i.nɔv/	—	innovons /i.nɔ.vɔ̃/	innovez /i.nɔ.ve/	—
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

• innovateur
• innovation

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• environ

Latin

Verb

innover

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of innovō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From inn +‎ over.

Adverb

innover

1. inwards, towards the interior

Preposition

innover

1. into, towards the interior (of)

References

• “innover” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “innover” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From inn +‎ over.

Adverb

innover

1. inwards, towards the interior

Preposition

innover

1. into, towards the interior (of)

References

• “innover” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.