essaimer
French
Etymology
From essaim (“swarm”) + -er. Cf. older échemer. Less likely from Vulgar Latin exāminō, exāmināre, from Latin exāmen. Compare Italian sciamare, Catalan eixamar, Spanish enjambrar, Portuguese enxamear.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.sɛ.me/ ~ /e.se.me/
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Verb
essaimer
- (of bees) to swarm
- Ces abeilles ont essaimé.
- Those bees have swarmed.
- (figuratively, of people) to swarm (to go in a massive group)
- Synonym: faire souche
Conjugation
Conjugation of essaimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | essaimer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | essaimant /e.sɛ.mɑ̃/ or /e.se.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | essaimé /e.sɛ.me/ or /e.se.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | essaime /e.sɛm/ |
essaimes /e.sɛm/ |
essaime /e.sɛm/ |
essaimons /e.sɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.se.mɔ̃/ |
essaimez /e.sɛ.me/ or /e.se.me/ |
essaiment /e.sɛm/ |
| imperfect | essaimais /e.sɛ.mɛ/ or /e.se.mɛ/ |
essaimais /e.sɛ.mɛ/ or /e.se.mɛ/ |
essaimait /e.sɛ.mɛ/ or /e.se.mɛ/ |
essaimions /e.sɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.se.mjɔ̃/ |
essaimiez /e.sɛ.mje/ or /e.se.mje/ |
essaimaient /e.sɛ.mɛ/ or /e.se.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | essaimai /e.sɛ.me/ or /e.se.me/ |
essaimas /e.sɛ.ma/ or /e.se.ma/ |
essaima /e.sɛ.ma/ or /e.se.ma/ |
essaimâmes /e.sɛ.mam/ or /e.se.mam/ |
essaimâtes /e.sɛ.mat/ or /e.se.mat/ |
essaimèrent /e.sɛ.mɛʁ/ or /e.se.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | essaimerai /e.sɛm.ʁe/ |
essaimeras /e.sɛm.ʁa/ |
essaimera /e.sɛm.ʁa/ |
essaimerons /e.sɛm.ʁɔ̃/ |
essaimerez /e.sɛm.ʁe/ |
essaimeront /e.sɛm.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | essaimerais /e.sɛm.ʁɛ/ |
essaimerais /e.sɛm.ʁɛ/ |
essaimerait /e.sɛm.ʁɛ/ |
essaimerions /e.sɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /e.se.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
essaimeriez /e.sɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /e.se.mə.ʁje/ |
essaimeraient /e.sɛm.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 | essaime /e.sɛm/ |
essaimes /e.sɛm/ |
essaime /e.sɛm/ |
essaimions /e.sɛ.mjɔ̃/ or /e.se.mjɔ̃/ |
essaimiez /e.sɛ.mje/ or /e.se.mje/ |
essaiment /e.sɛm/ |
| imperfect2 | essaimasse /e.sɛ.mas/ or /e.se.mas/ |
essaimasses /e.sɛ.mas/ or /e.se.mas/ |
essaimât /e.sɛ.ma/ or /e.se.ma/ |
essaimassions /e.sɛ.ma.sjɔ̃/ or /e.se.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
essaimassiez /e.sɛ.ma.sje/ or /e.se.ma.sje/ |
essaimassent /e.sɛ.mas/ or /e.se.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | essaime /e.sɛm/ |
— | essaimons /e.sɛ.mɔ̃/ or /e.se.mɔ̃/ |
essaimez /e.sɛ.me/ or /e.se.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
Further reading
- “essaimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.