illuminer

English

Etymology

illumine +‎ -er

Noun

illuminer (plural illuminers)

  1. One who, or that which, illuminates.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for illuminer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin illūminō, illūmināre (“illuminate, light up, brighten”). Compare allumer and enluminer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /i.ly.mi.ne/
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Verb

illuminer

  1. (transitive) to illuminate, to light up
    Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir.
    The stars illuminate the dark sky.
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to illuminate, to enlighten

Conjugation
Conjugation of illuminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle illuminant
/i.ly.mi.nɑ̃/
past participle illuminé
/i.ly.mi.ne/
infinitive
simple illuminer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple illuminant
/i.ly.mi.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 illumine
/i.ly.min/		 illumines
/i.ly.min/		 illumine
/i.ly.min/		 illuminons
/i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/		 illuminez
/i.ly.mi.ne/		 illuminent
/i.ly.min/
imperfect illuminais
/i.ly.mi.nɛ/		 illuminais
/i.ly.mi.nɛ/		 illuminait
/i.ly.mi.nɛ/		 illuminions
/i.ly.mi.njɔ̃/		 illuminiez
/i.ly.mi.nje/		 illuminaient
/i.ly.mi.nɛ/
past historic2 illuminai
/i.ly.mi.ne/		 illuminas
/i.ly.mi.na/		 illumina
/i.ly.mi.na/		 illuminâmes
/i.ly.mi.nam/		 illuminâtes
/i.ly.mi.nat/		 illuminèrent
/i.ly.mi.nɛʁ/
future illuminerai
/i.ly.min.ʁe/		 illumineras
/i.ly.min.ʁa/		 illuminera
/i.ly.min.ʁa/		 illuminerons
/i.ly.min.ʁɔ̃/		 illuminerez
/i.ly.min.ʁe/		 illumineront
/i.ly.min.ʁɔ̃/
conditional illuminerais
/i.ly.min.ʁɛ/		 illuminerais
/i.ly.min.ʁɛ/		 illuminerait
/i.ly.min.ʁɛ/		 illuminerions
/i.ly.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 illumineriez
/i.ly.mi.nə.ʁje/		 illumineraient
/i.ly.min.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 illumine
/i.ly.min/		 illumines
/i.ly.min/		 illumine
/i.ly.min/		 illuminions
/i.ly.mi.njɔ̃/		 illuminiez
/i.ly.mi.nje/		 illuminent
/i.ly.min/
imperfect2 illuminasse
/i.ly.mi.nas/		 illuminasses
/i.ly.mi.nas/		 illuminât
/i.ly.mi.na/		 illuminassions
/i.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/		 illuminassiez
/i.ly.mi.na.sje/		 illuminassent
/i.ly.mi.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — illumine
/i.ly.min/		 — illuminons
/i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/		 illuminez
/i.ly.mi.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

Verb

illūminer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of illūminō
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