sublimer

English

Etymology

From sublime +‎ -er.

Adjective

sublimer

1. comparative form of sublime: more sublime

Noun

sublimer (plural sublimers)

1. A device for heating a substance to yield a sublimate.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.bli.me/

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• Homophones: sublimai, sublimé, sublimée, sublimées, sublimés, sublimez

Verb

sublimer

1. (transitive) to render sublime, make extraordinary
2. (chemistry) to sublimate (change from solid to gas)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sublimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sublimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sublimant /sy.bli.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sublimé /sy.bli.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sublime /sy.blim/	sublimes /sy.blim/	sublime /sy.blim/	sublimons /sy.bli.mɔ̃/	sublimez /sy.bli.me/	subliment /sy.blim/
	imperfect	sublimais /sy.bli.mɛ/	sublimais /sy.bli.mɛ/	sublimait /sy.bli.mɛ/	sublimions /sy.bli.mjɔ̃/	sublimiez /sy.bli.mje/	sublimaient /sy.bli.mɛ/
	past historic2	sublimai /sy.bli.me/	sublimas /sy.bli.ma/	sublima /sy.bli.ma/	sublimâmes /sy.bli.mam/	sublimâtes /sy.bli.mat/	sublimèrent /sy.bli.mɛʁ/
	future	sublimerai /sy.blim.ʁe/	sublimeras /sy.blim.ʁa/	sublimera /sy.blim.ʁa/	sublimerons /sy.blim.ʁɔ̃/	sublimerez /sy.blim.ʁe/	sublimeront /sy.blim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sublimerais /sy.blim.ʁɛ/	sublimerais /sy.blim.ʁɛ/	sublimerait /sy.blim.ʁɛ/	sublimerions /sy.bli.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	sublimeriez /sy.bli.mə.ʁje/	sublimeraient /sy.blim.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	sublime /sy.blim/	sublimes /sy.blim/	sublime /sy.blim/	sublimions /sy.bli.mjɔ̃/	sublimiez /sy.bli.mje/	subliment /sy.blim/
	imperfect2	sublimasse /sy.bli.mas/	sublimasses /sy.bli.mas/	sublimât /sy.bli.ma/	sublimassions /sy.bli.ma.sjɔ̃/	sublimassiez /sy.bli.ma.sje/	sublimassent /sy.bli.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sublime /sy.blim/	—	sublimons /sy.bli.mɔ̃/	sublimez /sy.bli.me/	—
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).

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sublimer

1. comparative degree of sublim

Adjective

sublimer

1. inflection of sublim:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural

Latin

Verb

sublīmer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sublīmō