imminer

French

Etymology

Back-formation from imminent.

Pronunciation

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Verb

imminer

  1. (rare, nonstandard) to be due to happen or occur soon; to be imminent

Conjugation

Conjugation of imminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple imminer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple imminant
/i.mi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle imminé
/i.mi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present immine
/i.min/ 		immines
/i.min/ 		immine
/i.min/ 		imminons
/i.mi.nɔ̃/ 		imminez
/i.mi.ne/ 		imminent
/i.min/
imperfect imminais
/i.mi.nɛ/ 		imminais
/i.mi.nɛ/ 		imminait
/i.mi.nɛ/ 		imminions
/i.mi.njɔ̃/ 		imminiez
/i.mi.nje/ 		imminaient
/i.mi.nɛ/
past historic2 imminai
/i.mi.ne/ 		imminas
/i.mi.na/ 		immina
/i.mi.na/ 		imminâmes
/i.mi.nam/ 		imminâtes
/i.mi.nat/ 		imminèrent
/i.mi.nɛʁ/
future imminerai
/i.min.ʁe/ 		immineras
/i.min.ʁa/ 		imminera
/i.min.ʁa/ 		imminerons
/i.min.ʁɔ̃/ 		imminerez
/i.min.ʁe/ 		immineront
/i.min.ʁɔ̃/
conditional imminerais
/i.min.ʁɛ/ 		imminerais
/i.min.ʁɛ/ 		imminerait
/i.min.ʁɛ/ 		imminerions
/i.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		immineriez
/i.mi.nə.ʁje/ 		immineraient
/i.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 immine
/i.min/ 		immines
/i.min/ 		immine
/i.min/ 		imminions
/i.mi.njɔ̃/ 		imminiez
/i.mi.nje/ 		imminent
/i.min/
imperfect2 imminasse
/i.mi.nas/ 		imminasses
/i.mi.nas/ 		imminât
/i.mi.na/ 		imminassions
/i.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		imminassiez
/i.mi.na.sje/ 		imminassent
/i.mi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — immine
/i.min/ 		— imminons
/i.mi.nɔ̃/ 		imminez
/i.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).

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