immoler
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /i.mɔ.le/, /im.mɔ.le/
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Verb
immoler
- to sacrifice (that is, to kill) as an offering to a higher being
- Le prêtre immole un animal aux dieux.
- The priest sacrifices an animal to the gods.
- (reflexive, s'immoler) offer one’s life in sacrifice
- S’immoler par le feu.
- To sacrifice oneself in the fire.
- (figuratively) to massacre; to kill
Conjugation
Conjugation of immoler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | immoler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | immolant /i.mɔ.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | immolé /i.mɔ.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | immole /i.mɔl/ |
immoles /i.mɔl/ |
immole /i.mɔl/ |
immolons /i.mɔ.lɔ̃/ |
immolez /i.mɔ.le/ |
immolent /i.mɔl/ |
| imperfect | immolais /i.mɔ.lɛ/ |
immolais /i.mɔ.lɛ/ |
immolait /i.mɔ.lɛ/ |
immolions /i.mɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
immoliez /i.mɔ.lje/ |
immolaient /i.mɔ.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | immolai /i.mɔ.le/ |
immolas /i.mɔ.la/ |
immola /i.mɔ.la/ |
immolâmes /i.mɔ.lam/ |
immolâtes /i.mɔ.lat/ |
immolèrent /i.mɔ.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | immolerai /i.mɔl.ʁe/ |
immoleras /i.mɔl.ʁa/ |
immolera /i.mɔl.ʁa/ |
immolerons /i.mɔl.ʁɔ̃/ |
immolerez /i.mɔl.ʁe/ |
immoleront /i.mɔl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | immolerais /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/ |
immolerais /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/ |
immolerait /i.mɔl.ʁɛ/ |
immolerions /i.mɔ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
immoleriez /i.mɔ.lə.ʁje/ |
immoleraient /i.mɔl.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 | immole /i.mɔl/ |
immoles /i.mɔl/ |
immole /i.mɔl/ |
immolions /i.mɔ.ljɔ̃/ |
immoliez /i.mɔ.lje/ |
immolent /i.mɔl/ |
| imperfect2 | immolasse /i.mɔ.las/ |
immolasses /i.mɔ.las/ |
immolât /i.mɔ.la/ |
immolassions /i.mɔ.la.sjɔ̃/ |
immolassiez /i.mɔ.la.sje/ |
immolassent /i.mɔ.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | immole /i.mɔl/ |
— | immolons /i.mɔ.lɔ̃/ |
immolez /i.mɔ.le/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “immoler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Latin
Verb
immoler
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of immolō