animer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ni.me/
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Verb
animer
- to animate (give something life)
- to animate (give vigour)
- (animation) to animate (draw animation)
- to spur on
Conjugation
Conjugation of animer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | animer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | animant /a.ni.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | animé /a.ni.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | anime /a.nim/ |
animes /a.nim/ |
anime /a.nim/ |
animons /a.ni.mɔ̃/ |
animez /a.ni.me/ |
animent /a.nim/ |
| imperfect | animais /a.ni.mɛ/ |
animais /a.ni.mɛ/ |
animait /a.ni.mɛ/ |
animions /a.ni.mjɔ̃/ |
animiez /a.ni.mje/ |
animaient /a.ni.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | animai /a.ni.me/ |
animas /a.ni.ma/ |
anima /a.ni.ma/ |
animâmes /a.ni.mam/ |
animâtes /a.ni.mat/ |
animèrent /a.ni.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | animerai /a.nim.ʁe/ |
animeras /a.nim.ʁa/ |
animera /a.nim.ʁa/ |
animerons /a.nim.ʁɔ̃/ |
animerez /a.nim.ʁe/ |
animeront /a.nim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | animerais /a.nim.ʁɛ/ |
animerais /a.nim.ʁɛ/ |
animerait /a.nim.ʁɛ/ |
animerions /a.ni.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
animeriez /a.ni.mə.ʁje/ |
animeraient /a.nim.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 | anime /a.nim/ |
animes /a.nim/ |
anime /a.nim/ |
animions /a.ni.mjɔ̃/ |
animiez /a.ni.mje/ |
animent /a.nim/ |
| imperfect2 | animasse /a.ni.mas/ |
animasses /a.ni.mas/ |
animât /a.ni.ma/ |
animassions /a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
animassiez /a.ni.ma.sje/ |
animassent /a.ni.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | anime /a.nim/ |
— | animons /a.ni.mɔ̃/ |
animez /a.ni.me/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “animer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Latin
Verb
animer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of animō