enluminer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin illūmināre, with a change of prefix from il- (allomorph of in-) to en-. Doublet of illuminer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ly.mi.ne/
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Verb
enluminer
- (transitive, archaic) to light up, embrighten
- (transitive) to brighten, make brighter, brighten up (make more colorful)
- (historical, transitive) to illuminate (a manuscript, etc.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of enluminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | enluminer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | enluminant /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | enluminé /ɑ̃.ly.mi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | enlumine /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
enlumines /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
enlumine /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
enluminons /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nɔ̃/ |
enluminez /ɑ̃.ly.mi.ne/ |
enluminent /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
| imperfect | enluminais /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nɛ/ |
enluminais /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nɛ/ |
enluminait /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nɛ/ |
enluminions /ɑ̃.ly.mi.njɔ̃/ |
enluminiez /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nje/ |
enluminaient /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | enluminai /ɑ̃.ly.mi.ne/ |
enluminas /ɑ̃.ly.mi.na/ |
enlumina /ɑ̃.ly.mi.na/ |
enluminâmes /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nam/ |
enluminâtes /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nat/ |
enluminèrent /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | enluminerai /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁe/ |
enlumineras /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁa/ |
enluminera /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁa/ |
enluminerons /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁɔ̃/ |
enluminerez /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁe/ |
enlumineront /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | enluminerais /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁɛ/ |
enluminerais /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁɛ/ |
enluminerait /ɑ̃.ly.min.ʁɛ/ |
enluminerions /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enlumineriez /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nə.ʁje/ |
enlumineraient /ɑ̃.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 | enlumine /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
enlumines /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
enlumine /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
enluminions /ɑ̃.ly.mi.njɔ̃/ |
enluminiez /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nje/ |
enluminent /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
| imperfect2 | enluminasse /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nas/ |
enluminasses /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nas/ |
enluminât /ɑ̃.ly.mi.na/ |
enluminassions /ɑ̃.ly.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
enluminassiez /ɑ̃.ly.mi.na.sje/ |
enluminassent /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | enlumine /ɑ̃.ly.min/ |
— | enluminons /ɑ̃.ly.mi.nɔ̃/ |
enluminez /ɑ̃.ly.mi.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “enluminer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.