incliner

English

Etymology

incline +‎ -er

Noun

incliner (plural incliners)

  1. One who, or that which, inclines, especially an inclined dial.

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 incliner in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin inclīnō, inclīnāre (“incline, tilt”). Supplanted the Old French encliner.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.kli.ne/
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Verb

incliner

  1. to incline
  2. (reflexive) to lose
  3. (reflexive) to set, to go down

Conjugation
Conjugation of incliner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle inclinant
/ɛ̃.kli.nɑ̃/
past participle incliné
/ɛ̃.kli.ne/
infinitive
simple incliner
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple inclinant
/ɛ̃.kli.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 incline
/ɛ̃.klin/		 inclines
/ɛ̃.klin/		 incline
/ɛ̃.klin/		 inclinons
/ɛ̃.kli.nɔ̃/		 inclinez
/ɛ̃.kli.ne/		 inclinent
/ɛ̃.klin/
imperfect inclinais
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/		 inclinais
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/		 inclinait
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/		 inclinions
/ɛ̃.kli.njɔ̃/		 incliniez
/ɛ̃.kli.nje/		 inclinaient
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛ/
past historic2 inclinai
/ɛ̃.kli.ne/		 inclinas
/ɛ̃.kli.na/		 inclina
/ɛ̃.kli.na/		 inclinâmes
/ɛ̃.kli.nam/		 inclinâtes
/ɛ̃.kli.nat/		 inclinèrent
/ɛ̃.kli.nɛʁ/
future inclinerai
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁe/		 inclineras
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁa/		 inclinera
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁa/		 inclinerons
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɔ̃/		 inclinerez
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁe/		 inclineront
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɔ̃/
conditional inclinerais
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/		 inclinerais
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/		 inclinerait
/ɛ̃.klin.ʁɛ/		 inclinerions
/ɛ̃.kli.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 inclineriez
/ɛ̃.kli.nə.ʁje/		 inclineraient
/ɛ̃.klin.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 incline
/ɛ̃.klin/		 inclines
/ɛ̃.klin/		 incline
/ɛ̃.klin/		 inclinions
/ɛ̃.kli.njɔ̃/		 incliniez
/ɛ̃.kli.nje/		 inclinent
/ɛ̃.klin/
imperfect2 inclinasse
/ɛ̃.kli.nas/		 inclinasses
/ɛ̃.kli.nas/		 inclinât
/ɛ̃.kli.na/		 inclinassions
/ɛ̃.kli.na.sjɔ̃/		 inclinassiez
/ɛ̃.kli.na.sje/		 inclinassent
/ɛ̃.kli.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — incline
/ɛ̃.klin/		 — inclinons
/ɛ̃.kli.nɔ̃/		 inclinez
/ɛ̃.kli.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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

inclīner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of inclīnō
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