culminer

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Medieval Latin culmināre, from Latin culmen.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

culminer

  1. (intransitive) to culminate (to come to an end)
    Le film culmine sur son meurtre.
    The film culminates in his murder.
  2. to culminate; reach the highest point

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of culminer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple culminer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple culminant
/kyl.mi.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle culminé
/kyl.mi.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present culmine
/kyl.min/ 		culmines
/kyl.min/ 		culmine
/kyl.min/ 		culminons
/kyl.mi.nɔ̃/ 		culminez
/kyl.mi.ne/ 		culminent
/kyl.min/
imperfect culminais
/kyl.mi.nɛ/ 		culminais
/kyl.mi.nɛ/ 		culminait
/kyl.mi.nɛ/ 		culminions
/kyl.mi.njɔ̃/ 		culminiez
/kyl.mi.nje/ 		culminaient
/kyl.mi.nɛ/
past historic2 culminai
/kyl.mi.ne/ 		culminas
/kyl.mi.na/ 		culmina
/kyl.mi.na/ 		culminâmes
/kyl.mi.nam/ 		culminâtes
/kyl.mi.nat/ 		culminèrent
/kyl.mi.nɛʁ/
future culminerai
/kyl.min.ʁe/ 		culmineras
/kyl.min.ʁa/ 		culminera
/kyl.min.ʁa/ 		culminerons
/kyl.min.ʁɔ̃/ 		culminerez
/kyl.min.ʁe/ 		culmineront
/kyl.min.ʁɔ̃/
conditional culminerais
/kyl.min.ʁɛ/ 		culminerais
/kyl.min.ʁɛ/ 		culminerait
/kyl.min.ʁɛ/ 		culminerions
/kyl.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		culmineriez
/kyl.mi.nə.ʁje/ 		culmineraient
/kyl.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 culmine
/kyl.min/ 		culmines
/kyl.min/ 		culmine
/kyl.min/ 		culminions
/kyl.mi.njɔ̃/ 		culminiez
/kyl.mi.nje/ 		culminent
/kyl.min/
imperfect2 culminasse
/kyl.mi.nas/ 		culminasses
/kyl.mi.nas/ 		culminât
/kyl.mi.na/ 		culminassions
/kyl.mi.na.sjɔ̃/ 		culminassiez
/kyl.mi.na.sje/ 		culminassent
/kyl.mi.nas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — culmine
/kyl.min/ 		— culminons
/kyl.mi.nɔ̃/ 		culminez
/kyl.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[edit]

Descendants[edit]

  • → German: kulminieren

Further reading[edit]

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