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Terminer
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Terminer
TERM'INER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
terminer
terminer
French
Pronunciation
Verb
terminer
- (intransitive) to end; to finish; to terminate
- Le train termine à Rouen.
- The train terminates in Rouen.
- Le train termine à Rouen.
- (transitive) to end, to bring to an end, to finish
- Il fallait terminer le match après une explosion.
- The game had to be brought to an end after an explosion.
- Il fallait terminer le match après une explosion.
Related terms
Antonyms
- (to end (intransitive)): continuer
Conjugation
Conjugation of terminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | terminer | avoir terminé | |||||
| gerund | en terminant | en ayant terminé | |||||
| present participle | terminant /tɛʁ.mi.nɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | terminé /tɛʁ.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 | termine /tɛʁ.min/ |
termines /tɛʁ.min/ |
termine /tɛʁ.min/ |
terminons /tɛʁ.mi.nɔ̃/ |
terminez /tɛʁ.mi.ne/ |
terminent /tɛʁ.min/ |
| imperfect | terminais /tɛʁ.mi.nɛ/ |
terminais /tɛʁ.mi.nɛ/ |
terminait /tɛʁ.mi.nɛ/ |
terminions /tɛʁ.mi.njɔ̃/ |
terminiez /tɛʁ.mi.nje/ |
terminaient /tɛʁ.mi.nɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | terminai /tɛʁ.mi.ne/ |
terminas /tɛʁ.mi.na/ |
termina /tɛʁ.mi.na/ |
terminâmes /tɛʁ.mi.nam/ |
terminâtes /tɛʁ.mi.nat/ |
terminèrent /tɛʁ.mi.nɛʁ/ |
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| future | terminerai /tɛʁ.min.ʁe/ |
termineras /tɛʁ.min.ʁa/ |
terminera /tɛʁ.min.ʁa/ |
terminerons /tɛʁ.min.ʁɔ̃/ |
terminerez /tɛʁ.min.ʁe/ |
termineront /tɛʁ.min.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | terminerais /tɛʁ.min.ʁɛ/ |
terminerais /tɛʁ.min.ʁɛ/ |
terminerait /tɛʁ.min.ʁɛ/ |
terminerions /tɛʁ.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
termineriez /tɛʁ.mi.nə.ʁje/ |
termineraient /tɛʁ.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 | termine /tɛʁ.min/ |
termines /tɛʁ.min/ |
termine /tɛʁ.min/ |
terminions /tɛʁ.mi.njɔ̃/ |
terminiez /tɛʁ.mi.nje/ |
terminent /tɛʁ.min/ |
| imperfect1 |
terminasse /tɛʁ.mi.nas/ |
terminasses /tɛʁ.mi.nas/ |
terminât /tɛʁ.mi.na/ |
terminassions /tɛʁ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
terminassiez /tɛʁ.mi.na.sje/ |
terminassent /tɛʁ.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 | – | |
| — | termine /tɛʁ.min/ |
— | terminons /tɛʁ.mi.nɔ̃/ |
terminez /tɛʁ.mi.ne/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin terminō[1].
Verb
terminer
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of terminer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | terminer | avoir terminé | |||||
| gerund | en terminant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | terminant | ||||||
| past participle | terminé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | termin | termines | termine | terminons | terminez | terminent |
| imperfect | terminoie, termineie, terminoe, termineve | terminoies, termineies, terminoes, termineves | terminoit, termineit, terminot, termineve | terminiiens, terminiens | terminiiez, terminiez | terminoient, termineient, terminoent, terminevent | |
| preterite | terminai | terminas | termina | terminames | terminastes | terminerent | |
| future | terminerai | termineras | terminera | terminerons | termineroiz, terminereiz, terminerez | termineront | |
| conditional | termineroie, terminereie | termineroies, terminereies | termineroit, terminereit | termineriiens, termineriens | termineriiez, termineriez | termineroient, terminereient | |
| 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 preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | termin | termins | termint | terminons | terminez | terminent |
| imperfect | terminasse | terminasses | terminast | terminissons, terminissiens | terminissoiz, terminissez, terminissiez | terminassent | |
| 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 | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | termine | — | terminons | terminez | — | ||
References
- ↑ “terminer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).