sublimer
English
Etymology
Adjective
sublimer
Noun
sublimer (plural sublimers)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.bli.me/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file) - Homophones: sublimai, sublimé, sublimée, sublimées, sublimés, sublimez
Verb
sublimer
- (transitive) to render sublime, make extraordinary
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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
Audio (Germany): (file)
Adjective
sublimer
- comparative degree of sublim
Adjective
sublimer
- inflection of sublim:
- strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
- strong genitive/dative feminine singular
- strong genitive plural
Latin
Verb
sublīmer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of sublīmō