animer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin animāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /a.ni.me/
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Verb

animer

  1. to animate (give something life)
  2. to animate (give vigour)
  3. (animation) to animate (draw animation)
  4. to spur on

Conjugation
Conjugation of animer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple animer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple animant
/a.ni.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle animé
/a.ni.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present anime
/a.nim/		 animes
/a.nim/		 anime
/a.nim/		 animons
/a.ni.mɔ̃/		 animez
/a.ni.me/		 animent
/a.nim/
imperfect animais
/a.ni.mɛ/		 animais
/a.ni.mɛ/		 animait
/a.ni.mɛ/		 animions
/a.ni.mjɔ̃/		 animiez
/a.ni.mje/		 animaient
/a.ni.mɛ/
past historic2 animai
/a.ni.me/		 animas
/a.ni.ma/		 anima
/a.ni.ma/		 animâmes
/a.ni.mam/		 animâtes
/a.ni.mat/		 animèrent
/a.ni.mɛʁ/
future animerai
/a.nim.ʁe/		 animeras
/a.nim.ʁa/		 animera
/a.nim.ʁa/		 animerons
/a.nim.ʁɔ̃/		 animerez
/a.nim.ʁe/		 animeront
/a.nim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional animerais
/a.nim.ʁɛ/		 animerais
/a.nim.ʁɛ/		 animerait
/a.nim.ʁɛ/		 animerions
/a.ni.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 animeriez
/a.ni.mə.ʁje/		 animeraient
/a.nim.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 anime
/a.nim/		 animes
/a.nim/		 anime
/a.nim/		 animions
/a.ni.mjɔ̃/		 animiez
/a.ni.mje/		 animent
/a.nim/
imperfect2 animasse
/a.ni.mas/		 animasses
/a.ni.mas/		 animât
/a.ni.ma/		 animassions
/a.ni.ma.sjɔ̃/		 animassiez
/a.ni.ma.sje/		 animassent
/a.ni.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — anime
/a.nim/		 — animons
/a.ni.mɔ̃/		 animez
/a.ni.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:
  • 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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Romanian: anima

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Verb

animer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of animō
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