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Illuminer
Il-lu′mi-ner
,Noun.
One who, or that which, illuminates.
Definition 2025
illuminer
illuminer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin illūminō, illūmināre (“illuminate, light up, brighten”). Compare allumer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.ly.mi.ne/
Verb
illuminer
- (transitive) to illuminate, to light up
- Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir.
- The stars illuminate the dark sky.
- Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir.
- (transitive, figuratively) to illuminate, to enlighten
Conjugation
Conjugation of illuminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | illuminer | avoir illuminé | |||||
| gerund | en illuminant | en ayant illuminé | |||||
| present participle | illuminant /i.ly.mi.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | illuminé /i.ly.mi.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| 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/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | illumine /i.ly.min/ |
— | illuminons /i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/ |
illuminez /i.ly.mi.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||