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humilier
humilier
French
Verb
humilier
- to humiliate
Conjugation
Conjugation of humilier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | humilier | avoir humilié | |||||
| gerund | en humiliant | en ayant humilié | |||||
| present participle | humiliant /y.mi.ljɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | humilié /y.mi.lje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | humilie /y.mi.li/ |
humilies /y.mi.li/ |
humilie /y.mi.li/ |
humilions /y.mi.ljɔ̃/ |
humiliez /y.mi.lje/ |
humilient /y.mi.li/ |
| imperfect | humiliais /y.mi.ljɛ/ |
humiliais /y.mi.ljɛ/ |
humiliait /y.mi.ljɛ/ |
humiliions /y.mi.li.jɔ̃/ |
humiliiez /y.mi.li.je/ |
humiliaient /y.mi.ljɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | humiliai /y.mi.lje/ |
humilias /y.mi.lja/ |
humilia /y.mi.lja/ |
humiliâmes /y.mi.ljam/ |
humiliâtes /y.mi.ljat/ |
humilièrent /y.mi.ljɛʁ/ |
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| future | humilierai /y.mi.li.ʁe/ |
humilieras /y.mi.li.ʁa/ |
humiliera /y.mi.li.ʁa/ |
humilierons /y.mi.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
humilierez /y.mi.li.ʁe/ |
humilieront /y.mi.li.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | humilierais /y.mi.li.ʁɛ/ |
humilierais /y.mi.li.ʁɛ/ |
humilierait /y.mi.li.ʁɛ/ |
humilierions /y.mi.li.ʁjɔ̃/ |
humilieriez /y.mi.li.ʁje/ |
humilieraient /y.mi.li.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 | humilie /y.mi.li/ |
humilies /y.mi.li/ |
humilie /y.mi.li/ |
humiliions /y.mi.li.jɔ̃/ |
humiliiez /y.mi.li.je/ |
humilient /y.mi.li/ |
| imperfect1 |
humiliasse /y.mi.ljas/ |
humiliasses /y.mi.ljas/ |
humiliât /y.mi.lja/ |
humiliassions /y.mi.lja.sjɔ̃/ |
humiliassiez /y.mi.lja.sje/ |
humiliassent /y.mi.ljas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | humilie /y.mi.li/ |
— | humilions /y.mi.ljɔ̃/ |
humiliez /y.mi.lje/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Middle French
Etymology
Old French, from Latin humiliō.
Verb
humilier
- (reflexive, s'humilier) to prostrate oneself; to bow
- 15th century (date of publication), Rustichello da Pisa (original author), Mazarine Master (scribe), The Travels of Marco Polo, page 10, line 4:
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Il s'agenouillerent devant lui et se humilierent
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Il s'agenouillerent devant lui et se humilierent
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Conjugation
- Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of humilier
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | humilier | avoir humilié | |||||
| gerund | en humiliant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | humiliant | ||||||
| past participle | humilié | ||||||
| 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 | humilie | humilies | humilie | humilions | humiliez | humilient |
| imperfect | humiliois, humilioys | humiliois, humilioys | humilioit, humilioyt | humiliions, humiliyons | humiliiez, humiliyez | humilioient, humilioyent | |
| past historic | humilia | humilias | humilia | humiliasmes | humiliastes | humilierent | |
| future | humilierai, humilieray | humilieras | humiliera | humilierons | humilierez | humilieront | |
| conditional | humilierois, humilieroys | humilierois, humilieroys | humilieroit, humilieroyt | humilierions, humilieryons | humilieriez, humilieryez | humilieroient, humilieroyent | |
| 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 | humilie | humilies | humilie | humilions | humiliez | humilient |
| imperfect | humiliasse | humiliasses | humiliast | humiliassions | humiliassiez | humiliassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | humilie | — | humilions | humiliez | — | ||