nominer

French

Etymology

Since 1980, calque of English nominate, from Latin nominare See also nommer, which was inherited from the Latin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /nɔ.mi.ne/

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Verb

nominer

1. to nominate

Usage notes

Considered a "barbarism" by some French linguistic authorities.

Conjugation

Conjugation of nominer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	nominer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	nominant /nɔ.mi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		nominé /nɔ.mi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	nomine /nɔ.min/	nomines /nɔ.min/	nomine /nɔ.min/	nominons /nɔ.mi.nɔ̃/	nominez /nɔ.mi.ne/	nominent /nɔ.min/
	imperfect	nominais /nɔ.mi.nɛ/	nominais /nɔ.mi.nɛ/	nominait /nɔ.mi.nɛ/	nominions /nɔ.mi.njɔ̃/	nominiez /nɔ.mi.nje/	nominaient /nɔ.mi.nɛ/
	past historic2	nominai /nɔ.mi.ne/	nominas /nɔ.mi.na/	nomina /nɔ.mi.na/	nominâmes /nɔ.mi.nam/	nominâtes /nɔ.mi.nat/	nominèrent /nɔ.mi.nɛʁ/
	future	nominerai /nɔ.min.ʁe/	nomineras /nɔ.min.ʁa/	nominera /nɔ.min.ʁa/	nominerons /nɔ.min.ʁɔ̃/	nominerez /nɔ.min.ʁe/	nomineront /nɔ.min.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	nominerais /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/	nominerais /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/	nominerait /nɔ.min.ʁɛ/	nominerions /nɔ.mi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	nomineriez /nɔ.mi.nə.ʁje/	nomineraient /nɔ.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	nomine /nɔ.min/	nomines /nɔ.min/	nomine /nɔ.min/	nominions /nɔ.mi.njɔ̃/	nominiez /nɔ.mi.nje/	nominent /nɔ.min/
	imperfect2	nominasse /nɔ.mi.nas/	nominasses /nɔ.mi.nas/	nominât /nɔ.mi.na/	nominassions /nɔ.mi.na.sjɔ̃/	nominassiez /nɔ.mi.na.sje/	nominassent /nɔ.mi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	nomine /nɔ.min/	—	nominons /nɔ.mi.nɔ̃/	nominez /nɔ.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

• nomination
• see nom

Further reading

• “nominer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

nōminer

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of nōminō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

nominer

1. imperative of nominere