informer

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

inform +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)mə(r)

Noun

informer (plural informers)

  1. One who informs someone else about something.
  2. A person who tells authorities about improper or illegal activity.
  3. One who informs, animates, or inspires.
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    • Alexander Pope (Can we date this quote?)
      Nature, informer of the poet's art.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnfōrmō, īnfōrmāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/
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Verb

informer

  1. to inform
    Il m'a informé de la situation présente.
    He informed me of the present situation.
  2. to enlighten
  3. to impart knowledge (upon)

Conjugation
Conjugation of informer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle informant
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/
past participle informé
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/
infinitive
simple informer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple informant
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɑ̃/
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 informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informes
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informons
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/		 informez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/		 informent
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/
imperfect informais
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/		 informais
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/		 informait
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/		 informions
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/		 informiez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mje/		 informaient
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 informai
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/		 informas
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/		 informa
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/		 informâmes
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mam/		 informâtes
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mat/		 informèrent
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɛʁ/
future informerai
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/		 informeras
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/		 informera
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁa/		 informerons
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/		 informerez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁe/		 informeront
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional informerais
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 informerais
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 informerait
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 informerions
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 informeriez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.ʁje/		 informeraient
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mə.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 informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informes
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 informions
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mjɔ̃/		 informiez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mje/		 informent
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/
imperfect2 informasse
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/		 informasses
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/		 informât
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma/		 informassions
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/		 informassiez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.ma.sje/		 informassent
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — informe
/ɛ̃.fɔʁm/		 — informons
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.mɔ̃/		 informez
/ɛ̃.fɔʁ.me/		 —
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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

īnfōrmer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of īnfōrmō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

informer

  1. imperative of informere
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