inséminer
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Late Latin īnsēmināre
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛ̃.se.mi.ne/
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Verb
inséminer
- (transitive) to inseminate
- (transitive; by extension) to impregnate
- Synonym: féconder
Conjugation
Conjugation of inséminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | inséminer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | inséminant /ɛ̃.se.mi.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | inséminé /ɛ̃.se.mi.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | insémine /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
insémines /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
insémine /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
inséminons /ɛ̃.se.mi.nɔ̃/ |
inséminez /ɛ̃.se.mi.ne/ |
inséminent /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
| imperfect | inséminais /ɛ̃.se.mi.nɛ/ |
inséminais /ɛ̃.se.mi.nɛ/ |
inséminait /ɛ̃.se.mi.nɛ/ |
inséminions /ɛ̃.se.mi.njɔ̃/ |
inséminiez /ɛ̃.se.mi.nje/ |
inséminaient /ɛ̃.se.mi.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | inséminai /ɛ̃.se.mi.ne/ |
inséminas /ɛ̃.se.mi.na/ |
insémina /ɛ̃.se.mi.na/ |
inséminâmes /ɛ̃.se.mi.nam/ |
inséminâtes /ɛ̃.se.mi.nat/ |
inséminèrent /ɛ̃.se.mi.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | inséminerai /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁe/ |
insémineras /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁa/ |
inséminera /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁa/ |
inséminerons /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁɔ̃/ |
inséminerez /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁe/ |
insémineront /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | inséminerais /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁɛ/ |
inséminerais /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁɛ/ |
inséminerait /ɛ̃.se.min.ʁɛ/ |
inséminerions /ɛ̃.se.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
insémineriez /ɛ̃.se.mi.nə.ʁje/ |
insémineraient /ɛ̃.se.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 | insémine /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
insémines /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
insémine /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
inséminions /ɛ̃.se.mi.njɔ̃/ |
inséminiez /ɛ̃.se.mi.nje/ |
inséminent /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
| imperfect2 | inséminasse /ɛ̃.se.mi.nas/ |
inséminasses /ɛ̃.se.mi.nas/ |
inséminât /ɛ̃.se.mi.na/ |
inséminassions /ɛ̃.se.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ |
inséminassiez /ɛ̃.se.mi.na.sje/ |
inséminassent /ɛ̃.se.mi.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | insémine /ɛ̃.se.min/ |
— | inséminons /ɛ̃.se.mi.nɔ̃/ |
inséminez /ɛ̃.se.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- insémination
- inséminateur
Further reading
- “inséminer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.