deviner
French
Etymology
Inherited from Late Latin devināre, from Latin dīvīnāre.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /də.vi.ne/
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Verb
deviner
- to guess; to work out, figure out
- to sense, perceive
Conjugation
Conjugation of deviner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | deviner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | devinant /də.vi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | deviné /də.vi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | devine /də.vin/ |
devines /də.vin/ |
devine /də.vin/ |
devinons /də.vi.nɔ̃/ |
devinez /də.vi.ne/ |
devinent /də.vin/ |
| imperfect | devinais /də.vi.nɛ/ |
devinais /də.vi.nɛ/ |
devinait /də.vi.nɛ/ |
devinions /də.vi.njɔ̃/ |
deviniez /də.vi.nje/ |
devinaient /də.vi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | devinai /də.vi.ne/ |
devinas /də.vi.na/ |
devina /də.vi.na/ |
devinâmes /də.vi.nam/ |
devinâtes /də.vi.nat/ |
devinèrent /də.vi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | devinerai /də.vin.ʁe/ |
devineras /də.vin.ʁa/ |
devinera /də.vin.ʁa/ |
devinerons /də.vin.ʁɔ̃/ |
devinerez /də.vin.ʁe/ |
devineront /də.vin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | devinerais /də.vin.ʁɛ/ |
devinerais /də.vin.ʁɛ/ |
devinerait /də.vin.ʁɛ/ |
devinerions /də.vi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
devineriez /də.vi.nə.ʁje/ |
devineraient /də.vin.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 | devine /də.vin/ |
devines /də.vin/ |
devine /də.vin/ |
devinions /də.vi.njɔ̃/ |
deviniez /də.vi.nje/ |
devinent /də.vin/ |
| imperfect2 | devinasse /də.vi.nas/ |
devinasses /də.vi.nas/ |
devinât /də.vi.na/ |
devinassions /də.vi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
devinassiez /də.vi.na.sje/ |
devinassent /də.vi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | devine /də.vin/ |
— | devinons /də.vi.nɔ̃/ |
devinez /də.vi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “deviner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.