inférer

French

Etymology

From Latin īnferō

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.fe.ʁe/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

inférer

  1. to infer (make an inference)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written ‘é’) and /ɛ/ (written ‘è’), with the latter being used before mute ‘e’. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written inférer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written infèrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of inférer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle inférant
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃/
past participle inféré
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁe/
infinitive
simple inférer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple inférant
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɑ̃/
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 infère
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/		 infères
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/		 infère
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/		 inférons
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɔ̃/		 inférez
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁe/		 infèrent
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/
imperfect inférais
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɛ/		 inférais
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɛ/		 inférait
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɛ/		 inférions
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁjɔ̃/		 infériez
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁje/		 inféraient
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɛ/
past historic2 inférai
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁe/		 inféras
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁa/		 inféra
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁa/		 inférâmes
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁam/		 inférâtes
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁat/		 inférèrent
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɛʁ/
future infèrerai or inférerai
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/		 infèreras or inféreras
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/		 infèrera or inférera
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁa/		 infèrerons or inférerons
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/		 infèrerez or inférerez
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁe/		 infèreront or inféreront
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional infèrerais or inférerais
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 infèrerais or inférerais
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 infèrerait or inférerait
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/		 infèrerions or inférerions
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/		 infèreriez or inféreriez
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.ʁje/		 infèreraient or inféreraient
/ɛ̃.fɛ.ʁə.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 infère
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/		 infères
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/		 infère
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/		 inférions
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁjɔ̃/		 infériez
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁje/		 infèrent
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/
imperfect2 inférasse
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁas/		 inférasses
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁas/		 inférât
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁa/		 inférassions
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/		 inférassiez
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁa.sje/		 inférassent
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — infère
/ɛ̃.fɛʁ/		 — inférons
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁɔ̃/		 inférez
/ɛ̃.fe.ʁe/		 —
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

Anagrams
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.