terminer

English

Noun

terminer (countable and uncountable, plural terminers)

1. (law, archaic) The act of determining.

Related terms

• oyer and terminer

Danish

Noun

terminer c

1. indefinite plural of termin

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French terminer, borrowed from Latin termināre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛʁ.mi.ne/

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Verb

terminer

1. (intransitive) to end; to finish; to terminate

   Antonym: continuer

   Le train termine à Rouen. ― The train terminates in Rouen.

2. (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.

Conjugation

Conjugation of terminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	terminer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	terminant /tɛʁ.mi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		terminé /tɛʁ.mi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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/
	past historic2	terminai /tɛʁ.mi.ne/	terminas /tɛʁ.mi.na/	termina /tɛʁ.mi.na/	terminâmes /tɛʁ.mi.nam/	terminâtes /tɛʁ.mi.nat/	terminèrent /tɛʁ.mi.nɛʁ/
	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/
	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/
(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	termine /tɛʁ.min/	termines /tɛʁ.min/	termine /tɛʁ.min/	terminions /tɛʁ.mi.njɔ̃/	terminiez /tɛʁ.mi.nje/	terminent /tɛʁ.min/
	imperfect2	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/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	termine /tɛʁ.min/	—	terminons /tɛʁ.mi.nɔ̃/	terminez /tɛʁ.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).

Related terms

• terme
• terminal
• terminaison
• terminateur
• terminus

References

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

Anagrams

• mirèrent, remirent, rimèrent

Latin

Verb

terminer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of terminō

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin terminō, termināre.

Verb

terminer

1. (transitive) to end; to terminate

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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	termine	—	terminons	terminez	—

Descendants

• French: terminer

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Noun

terminer

1. indefinite plural of termin