figurer

English

Etymology

figure + -er

Noun

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

Noun

figurer

  1. indefinite plural of figur

Verb

figurer

  1. imperative of figurere

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin figūrāre (infinitive figūrāre).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fi.ɡy.ʁe/
  • (file)

Verb

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

Further reading

Latin

Verb

figūrer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of figūrō

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

figurer m

  1. indefinite plural of figur

Swedish

Noun

figurer

  1. indefinite plural of figur
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