culminer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin culmināre, from Latin culmen.

Pronunciation
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Verb

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
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).

Descendants
  • → German: kulminieren

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