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figurer
figurer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
figurer
- to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent
- (reflexive) to imagine, picture
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.vi:
- Rien de plus simple à se figurer que la chambre à coucher de l'évêque.
- Nothing could be simpler than picturing the bishop's bed-chamber.
- Rien de plus simple à se figurer que la chambre à coucher de l'évêque.
- 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.vi:
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Conjugation
Conjugation of figurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | figurer | avoir figuré | |||||
| gerund | en figurant | en ayant figuré | |||||
| present participle | figurant /fi.ɡy.ʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | figuré /fi.ɡy.ʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
figures /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
figurons /fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/ |
figurez /fi.ɡy.ʁe/ |
figurent /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
| imperfect | figurais /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ |
figurais /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ |
figurait /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ |
figurions /fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
figuriez /fi.ɡy.ʁje/ |
figuraient /fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | figurai /fi.ɡy.ʁe/ |
figuras /fi.ɡy.ʁa/ |
figura /fi.ɡy.ʁa/ |
figurâmes /fi.ɡy.ʁam/ |
figurâtes /fi.ɡy.ʁat/ |
figurèrent /fi.ɡy.ʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | figurerai /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/ |
figureras /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/ |
figurera /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/ |
figurerons /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
figurerez /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/ |
figureront /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | figurerais /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
figurerais /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
figurerait /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
figurerions /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
figureriez /fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁje/ |
figureraient /fi.ɡy.ʁə.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 | figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
figures /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
figurions /fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/ |
figuriez /fi.ɡy.ʁje/ |
figurent /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
figurasse /fi.ɡy.ʁas/ |
figurasses /fi.ɡy.ʁas/ |
figurât /fi.ɡy.ʁa/ |
figurassions /fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
figurassiez /fi.ɡy.ʁa.sje/ |
figurassent /fi.ɡy.ʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | figure /fi.ɡyʁ/ |
— | figurons /fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/ |
figurez /fi.ɡy.ʁe/ |
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