figurer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

figure +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

figurer (plural figurers)

  1. One who figures or calculates.
    • 1962, The Book of Knowledge: The Children's Encyclopedia, page 1655:
      With its aid they are quick and nimble figurers. The next digital computer was the adding or calculating machine first completed in 1642 by the French mathematician Blaise Pascal.

Danish[edit]

Noun[edit]

figurer

  1. indefinite plural of figur

Verb[edit]

figurer

  1. imperative of figurere

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (infinitive figūrāre).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /fi.ɡy.ʁe/
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Verb[edit]

figurer

  1. to appear (in a list, etc.), to be included; to represent
  2. (reflexive) to imagine, picture
    • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.vi:
      Rien de plus simple à se figurer que la chambre à coucher de l’évêque.
      Nothing could be simpler than picturing the bishop's bed-chamber.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of figurer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple figurer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple figurant
/fi.ɡy.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle figuré
/fi.ɡy.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figures
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figurons
/fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/ 		figurez
/fi.ɡy.ʁe/ 		figurent
/fi.ɡyʁ/
imperfect figurais
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ 		figurais
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ 		figurait
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/ 		figurions
/fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		figuriez
/fi.ɡy.ʁje/ 		figuraient
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛ/
past historic2 figurai
/fi.ɡy.ʁe/ 		figuras
/fi.ɡy.ʁa/ 		figura
/fi.ɡy.ʁa/ 		figurâmes
/fi.ɡy.ʁam/ 		figurâtes
/fi.ɡy.ʁat/ 		figurèrent
/fi.ɡy.ʁɛʁ/
future figurerai
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		figureras
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		figurera
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁa/ 		figurerons
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		figurerez
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁe/ 		figureront
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional figurerais
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		figurerais
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		figurerait
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		figurerions
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		figureriez
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.ʁje/ 		figureraient
/fi.ɡy.ʁə.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 figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figures
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		figurions
/fi.ɡy.ʁjɔ̃/ 		figuriez
/fi.ɡy.ʁje/ 		figurent
/fi.ɡyʁ/
imperfect2 figurasse
/fi.ɡy.ʁas/ 		figurasses
/fi.ɡy.ʁas/ 		figurât
/fi.ɡy.ʁa/ 		figurassions
/fi.ɡy.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		figurassiez
/fi.ɡy.ʁa.sje/ 		figurassent
/fi.ɡy.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — figure
/fi.ɡyʁ/ 		— figurons
/fi.ɡy.ʁɔ̃/ 		figurez
/fi.ɡy.ʁe/ 		—
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]

Further reading[edit]

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

figūrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of figūrō

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Noun[edit]

figurer m

  1. indefinite plural of figur

Swedish[edit]

Noun[edit]

figurer

  1. indefinite plural of figur
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