humilier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin humiliō.

Pronunciation
  • (mute h) IPA(key): /y.mi.lje/
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Verb

humilier

  1. to humiliate

Conjugation
Conjugation of humilier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle humiliant
/y.mi.ljɑ̃/
past participle humilié
/y.mi.lje/
infinitive
simple humilier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple humiliant
/y.mi.ljɑ̃/
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 humilie
/y.mi.li/		 humilies
/y.mi.li/		 humilie
/y.mi.li/		 humilions
/y.mi.ljɔ̃/		 humiliez
/y.mi.lje/		 humilient
/y.mi.li/
imperfect humiliais
/y.mi.ljɛ/		 humiliais
/y.mi.ljɛ/		 humiliait
/y.mi.ljɛ/		 humiliions
/y.mi.li.jɔ̃/		 humiliiez
/y.mi.li.je/		 humiliaient
/y.mi.ljɛ/
past historic2 humiliai
/y.mi.lje/		 humilias
/y.mi.lja/		 humilia
/y.mi.lja/		 humiliâmes
/y.mi.ljam/		 humiliâtes
/y.mi.ljat/		 humilièrent
/y.mi.ljɛʁ/
future humilierai
/y.mi.li.ʁe/		 humilieras
/y.mi.li.ʁa/		 humiliera
/y.mi.li.ʁa/		 humilierons
/y.mi.li.ʁɔ̃/		 humilierez
/y.mi.li.ʁe/		 humilieront
/y.mi.li.ʁɔ̃/
conditional humilierais
/y.mi.li.ʁɛ/		 humilierais
/y.mi.li.ʁɛ/		 humilierait
/y.mi.li.ʁɛ/		 humilierions
/y.mi.li.ʁjɔ̃/		 humilieriez
/y.mi.li.ʁje/		 humilieraient
/y.mi.li.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 humilie
/y.mi.li/		 humilies
/y.mi.li/		 humilie
/y.mi.li/		 humiliions
/y.mi.li.jɔ̃/		 humiliiez
/y.mi.li.je/		 humilient
/y.mi.li/
imperfect2 humiliasse
/y.mi.ljas/		 humiliasses
/y.mi.ljas/		 humiliât
/y.mi.lja/		 humiliassions
/y.mi.lja.sjɔ̃/		 humiliassiez
/y.mi.lja.sje/		 humiliassent
/y.mi.ljas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — humilie
/y.mi.li/		 — humilions
/y.mi.ljɔ̃/		 humiliez
/y.mi.lje/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /huˈmi.li.er/, [hʊˈmɪ.li.ɛr]

Verb

humilier

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of humiliō

Middle French

Etymology

Old French, from Latin humiliō.

Verb

humilier

  1. (reflexive, s'humilier) to prostrate oneself; to bow
    • 15th century (date of publication), Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 10, line 4:
      Il s'agenouillerent devant lui et se humilierent

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of humilier
simple compound
infinitive humilier avoir humilié
gerund en humiliant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle humiliant
past participle humilié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present humilie humilies humilie humilions humiliez humilient
imperfect humiliois, humilioys humiliois, humilioys humilioit, humilioyt humiliions, humiliyons humiliiez, humiliyez humilioient, humilioyent
past historic humilia humilias humilia humiliasmes humiliastes humilierent
future humilierai, humilieray humilieras humiliera humilierons humilierez humilieront
conditional humilierois, humilieroys humilierois, humilieroys humilieroit, humilieroyt humilierions, humilieryons humilieriez, humilieryez humilieroient, humilieroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present humilie humilies humilie humilions humiliez humilient
imperfect humiliasse humiliasses humiliast humiliassions humiliassiez humiliassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— humilie — humilions humiliez —
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