combiner

English

Etymology

combine +‎ -er

Noun

combiner (plural combiners)

1. A person who or a thing that combines.

Anagrams

• incomber

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin combīnāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.bi.ne/
• Homophones: combinai, combiné, combinée, combinées, combinés, combinez

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Verb

combiner

1. to combine (bring (two or more things or activities) together)

Conjugation

Conjugation of combiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	combiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	combinant /kɔ̃.bi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		combiné /kɔ̃.bi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	combine /kɔ̃.bin/	combines /kɔ̃.bin/	combine /kɔ̃.bin/	combinons /kɔ̃.bi.nɔ̃/	combinez /kɔ̃.bi.ne/	combinent /kɔ̃.bin/
	imperfect	combinais /kɔ̃.bi.nɛ/	combinais /kɔ̃.bi.nɛ/	combinait /kɔ̃.bi.nɛ/	combinions /kɔ̃.bi.njɔ̃/	combiniez /kɔ̃.bi.nje/	combinaient /kɔ̃.bi.nɛ/
	past historic2	combinai /kɔ̃.bi.ne/	combinas /kɔ̃.bi.na/	combina /kɔ̃.bi.na/	combinâmes /kɔ̃.bi.nam/	combinâtes /kɔ̃.bi.nat/	combinèrent /kɔ̃.bi.nɛʁ/
	future	combinerai /kɔ̃.bin.ʁe/	combineras /kɔ̃.bin.ʁa/	combinera /kɔ̃.bin.ʁa/	combinerons /kɔ̃.bin.ʁɔ̃/	combinerez /kɔ̃.bin.ʁe/	combineront /kɔ̃.bin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	combinerais /kɔ̃.bin.ʁɛ/	combinerais /kɔ̃.bin.ʁɛ/	combinerait /kɔ̃.bin.ʁɛ/	combinerions /kɔ̃.bi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	combineriez /kɔ̃.bi.nə.ʁje/	combineraient /kɔ̃.bin.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	combine /kɔ̃.bin/	combines /kɔ̃.bin/	combine /kɔ̃.bin/	combinions /kɔ̃.bi.njɔ̃/	combiniez /kɔ̃.bi.nje/	combinent /kɔ̃.bin/
	imperfect2	combinasse /kɔ̃.bi.nas/	combinasses /kɔ̃.bi.nas/	combinât /kɔ̃.bi.na/	combinassions /kɔ̃.bi.na.sjɔ̃/	combinassiez /kɔ̃.bi.na.sje/	combinassent /kɔ̃.bi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	combine /kɔ̃.bin/	—	combinons /kɔ̃.bi.nɔ̃/	combinez /kɔ̃.bi.ne/	—
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

• combinaison, combination

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• incomber

Latin

Verb

combīner

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of combīnō

Middle French

Verb

combiner

1. to combine (to mix; to put things together)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of combiner

infinitive	simple	combiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	combinant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		combiné
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	combine	combines	combine	combinons	combinez	combinent
	imperfect	combinois, combinoys	combinois, combinoys	combinoit, combinoyt	combinions, combinyons	combiniez, combinyez	combinoient, combinoyent
	past historic	combina	combinas	combina	combinasmes	combinastes	combinerent
	future	combinerai, combineray	combineras	combinera	combinerons	combinerez	combineront
	conditional	combinerois, combineroys	combinerois, combineroys	combineroit, combineroyt	combinerions, combineryons	combineriez, combineryez	combineroient, combineroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	combine	combines	combine	combinons	combinez	combinent
	imperfect	combinasse	combinasses	combinast	combinassions	combinassiez	combinassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	combine	—	combinons	combinez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).