imaginer

English

Etymology

From imagine +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

(US) IPA(key): /ɪˈmædʒɪnɚ/

Noun

imaginer (plural imaginers)

  1. One who imagines (something).
    • 2007, March 18, “Terrence Rafferty”, in Ice Men‎:
      Although Simmons, as a professional purveyor of horror and fantasy, is no dim imaginer, he has his work cut out for him.

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French

Etymology

From Old French imaginer

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i.ma.ʒi.ne/
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Verb

imaginer

  1. to imagine

Conjugation
Conjugation of imaginer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle imaginant
/i.ma.ʒi.nɑ̃/
past participle imaginé
/i.ma.ʒi.ne/
infinitive
simple imaginer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple imaginant
/i.ma.ʒi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present imagine
/i.ma.ʒin/		 imagines
/i.ma.ʒin/		 imagine
/i.ma.ʒin/		 imaginons
/i.ma.ʒi.nɔ̃/		 imaginez
/i.ma.ʒi.ne/		 imaginent
/i.ma.ʒin/
imperfect imaginais
/i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/		 imaginais
/i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/		 imaginait
/i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/		 imaginions
/i.ma.ʒi.njɔ̃/		 imaginiez
/i.ma.ʒi.nje/		 imaginaient
/i.ma.ʒi.nɛ/
past historic2 imaginai
/i.ma.ʒi.ne/		 imaginas
/i.ma.ʒi.na/		 imagina
/i.ma.ʒi.na/		 imaginâmes
/i.ma.ʒi.nam/		 imaginâtes
/i.ma.ʒi.nat/		 imaginèrent
/i.ma.ʒi.nɛʁ/
future imaginerai
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁe/		 imagineras
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁa/		 imaginera
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁa/		 imaginerons
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁɔ̃/		 imaginerez
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁe/		 imagineront
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional imaginerais
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/		 imaginerais
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/		 imaginerait
/i.ma.ʒin.ʁɛ/		 imaginerions
/i.ma.ʒi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 imagineriez
/i.ma.ʒi.nə.ʁje/		 imagineraient
/i.ma.ʒin.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 imagine
/i.ma.ʒin/		 imagines
/i.ma.ʒin/		 imagine
/i.ma.ʒin/		 imaginions
/i.ma.ʒi.njɔ̃/		 imaginiez
/i.ma.ʒi.nje/		 imaginent
/i.ma.ʒin/
imperfect2 imaginasse
/i.ma.ʒi.nas/		 imaginasses
/i.ma.ʒi.nas/		 imaginât
/i.ma.ʒi.na/		 imaginassions
/i.ma.ʒi.na.sjɔ̃/		 imaginassiez
/i.ma.ʒi.na.sje/		 imaginassent
/i.ma.ʒi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — imagine
/i.ma.ʒin/		 — imaginons
/i.ma.ʒi.nɔ̃/		 imaginez
/i.ma.ʒi.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA(key): /iˈmaː.ɡi.ner/, [ɪˈmaː.ɡɪ.nɛr]

Verb

imāginer

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of imāginor

Old French

Etymology

Latin imāginor, from imāginem, the accusative singular of imāgō (“a copy, likeness, image”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ĩmad͡ʒĩˈnɛr/

Verb

imaginer

  1. to examine; to look at
  2. to depict in the form of an image
  3. to contemplate; to think about

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