illuminer

English

Etymology

From illumine +‎ -er.

Noun

illuminer (plural illuminers)

1. Someone or something that illuminates; an illuminator

References

• “illuminer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin illūmināre (“illuminate, light up, brighten”). Compare allumer and enluminer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ly.mi.ne/

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Verb

illuminer

1. (transitive) to illuminate, to light up

   Les étoiles illuminent le ciel noir.

   The stars illuminate the dark sky.

2. (transitive, figurative) to illuminate, to enlighten

Conjugation

Conjugation of illuminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	illuminer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	illuminant /i.ly.mi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		illuminé /i.ly.mi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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/
	past historic2	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/
	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/
	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/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(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/
	imperfect2	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/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	illumine /i.ly.min/	—	illuminons /i.ly.mi.nɔ̃/	illuminez /i.ly.mi.ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Synonyms

• éclairer

Derived terms

• illumination
• illuminé
• illumineur

Related terms

• lumière
• lumineux

Further reading

• “illuminer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

illūminer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of illūminō