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Definition 2024
alimenter
alimenter
French
Verb
alimenter
- to feed, to give food to
- to supply, to fund
- (figuratively) to fuel (e.g. an argument)
- (reflexive, s'alimenter) to eat, to feed
Conjugation
Conjugation of alimenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | alimenter | avoir alimenté | |||||
| gerund | en alimentant | en ayant alimenté | |||||
| present participle | alimentant /a.li.mɑ̃.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | alimenté /a.li.mɑ̃.te/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | alimente /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
alimentes /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
alimente /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
alimentons /a.li.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
alimentez /a.li.mɑ̃.te/ |
alimentent /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect | alimentais /a.li.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
alimentais /a.li.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
alimentait /a.li.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
alimentions /a.li.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
alimentiez /a.li.mɑ̃.tje/ |
alimentaient /a.li.mɑ̃.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | alimentai /a.li.mɑ̃.te/ |
alimentas /a.li.mɑ̃.ta/ |
alimenta /a.li.mɑ̃.ta/ |
alimentâmes /a.li.mɑ̃.tam/ |
alimentâtes /a.li.mɑ̃.tat/ |
alimentèrent /a.li.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/ |
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| future | alimenterai /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁe/ |
alimenteras /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁa/ |
alimentera /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁa/ |
alimenterons /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
alimenterez /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁe/ |
alimenteront /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | alimenterais /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
alimenterais /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
alimenterait /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
alimenterions /a.li.mɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
alimenteriez /a.li.mɑ̃.tə.ʁje/ |
alimenteraient /a.li.mɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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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 | alimente /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
alimentes /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
alimente /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
alimentions /a.li.mɑ̃.tjɔ̃/ |
alimentiez /a.li.mɑ̃.tje/ |
alimentent /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
| imperfect1 |
alimentasse /a.li.mɑ̃.tas/ |
alimentasses /a.li.mɑ̃.tas/ |
alimentât /a.li.mɑ̃.ta/ |
alimentassions /a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
alimentassiez /a.li.mɑ̃.ta.sje/ |
alimentassent /a.li.mɑ̃.tas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | alimente /a.li.mɑ̃t/ |
— | alimentons /a.li.mɑ̃.tɔ̃/ |
alimentez /a.li.mɑ̃.te/ |
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Anagrams
Middle French
Verb
alimenter
- to feed; to provide nourishment
Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of alimenter
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | alimenter | avoir alimenté | |||||
| gerund | en alimentant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | alimentant | ||||||
| past participle | alimenté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | ie (may be i' before a vowel) | tu | il | nous | vous | ilz, elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | alimente | alimentes | alimente | alimentons | alimentez | alimentent |
| imperfect | alimentois, alimentoys | alimentois, alimentoys | alimentoit, alimentoyt | alimentions, alimentyons | alimentiez, alimentyez | alimentoient, alimentoyent | |
| past historic | alimenta | alimentas | alimenta | alimentasmes | alimentastes | alimenterent | |
| future | alimenterai, alimenteray | alimenteras | alimentera | alimenterons | alimenterez | alimenteront | |
| conditional | alimenterois, alimenteroys | alimenterois, alimenteroys | alimenteroit, alimenteroyt | alimenterions, alimenteryons | alimenteriez, alimenteryez | alimenteroient, alimenteroyent | |
| 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 anterior | 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 ie | que tu | qu'il | que nous | que vous | qu'ilz, qu'elles | |
| simple tenses |
present | alimente | alimentes | alimente | alimentons | alimentez | alimentent |
| imperfect | alimentasse | alimentasses | alimentast | alimentassions | alimentassiez | alimentassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | alimente | — | alimentons | alimentez | — | ||