modulor

French

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Noun

modulor m (plural modulors)

1. Modulor

Further reading

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

Latin

Etymology

From modulus (“interval, measure”) +‎ -or, -ārī (verb-forming suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.du.lor/, [ˈmɔd̪ʊɫ̪ɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmo.du.lor/, [ˈmɔːd̪ulor]

Verb

modulor (present infinitive modulārī, perfect active modulātus sum); first conjugation, deponent

1. to measure
2. to regulate
3. to beat time
4. to modulate
5. to sing, play a tune
6. to represent by dancing, play

Conjugation

Conjugation of modulor (first conjugation, deponent)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	modulor	modulāris, modulāre	modulātur	modulāmur	modulāminī	modulantur
	imperfect	modulābar	modulābāris, modulābāre	modulābātur	modulābāmur	modulābāminī	modulābantur
	future	modulābor	modulāberis, modulābere	modulābitur	modulābimur	modulābiminī	modulābuntur
	perfect	modulātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	modulātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	modulātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	moduler	modulēris, modulēre	modulētur	modulēmur	modulēminī	modulentur
	imperfect	modulārer	modulārēris, modulārēre	modulārētur	modulārēmur	modulārēminī	modulārentur
	perfect	modulātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	modulātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	modulāre	—	—	modulāminī	—
	future	—	modulātor	modulātor	—	—	modulantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		modulārī	modulātum esse	modulātūrum esse	—	—	—
participles		modulāns	modulātus	modulātūrus	—	—	modulandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		modulandī	modulandō	modulandum	modulandō	modulātum	modulātū

Descendants

• Catalan: modular
• English: modulate
• → French: moduler (learned)
• Italian: modulare
• Portuguese: modular
• Romanian: modula
• Spanish: modular

References

• “modulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “modulor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• modulor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.