allumer
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French alumer, from Early Medieval Latin allūmināre. Compare Occitan alumar.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]allumer (transitive)
- to light, to set alight (a candle, a fire, a cigar)
- Antonym: éteindre
- allumer une bougie, un feu, un cigare ― to light a candle, a fire, a cigar
- to turn on (the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating)
- Antonym: éteindre
- allumer la lumière, une ampoule, la télévision, le chauffage ― to turn on the light, a lightbulb, the television, the heating
- to start, to turn on (electronic devices with screens)
- Synonyms: faire démarrer, mettre en route, mettre en marche
- Antonym: éteindre
- allumer un ordinateur, un smartphone ― to start a computer, a smartphone
- (colloquial) to arouse, to turn on
- 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi:
- J’en peux plus d’ me faire espérer. J’ai plus confiance en ta lumière, sans tes caresses qui m’allumaient.
- I can't make myself hope for it any more. I have more confidence in your light, without your caresses which turned me on.
- (reflexive, of candles, fires) to flare up
- Antonym: s’éteindre
- La bougie, un feu s’alluma. ― The candle, a fire flared up.
- (reflexive, of light, a lightbulb, the television, or the heating) to go on
- Antonym: s’éteindre
- La lumière, l’ampoule, la télévision, le chauffage s’alluma. ― The light, the lightbulb, the television, the heating went on.
- (reflexive, of electronic devices with screens) to start up, to begin to operate
- Synonyms: démarrer, (causative) faire démarrer, se mettre en route, se mettre en marche
- Antonym: s’éteindre
- L’ordinateur, le smartphone s’allume par ce bouton. ― The computer, the smartphone starts up through this button.
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of allumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | allumer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | allumant /a.ly.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | allumé /a.ly.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | allume /a.lym/ |
allumes /a.lym/ |
allume /a.lym/ |
allumons /a.ly.mɔ̃/ |
allumez /a.ly.me/ |
allument /a.lym/ |
| imperfect | allumais /a.ly.mɛ/ |
allumais /a.ly.mɛ/ |
allumait /a.ly.mɛ/ |
allumions /a.ly.mjɔ̃/ |
allumiez /a.ly.mje/ |
allumaient /a.ly.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | allumai /a.ly.me/ |
allumas /a.ly.ma/ |
alluma /a.ly.ma/ |
allumâmes /a.ly.mam/ |
allumâtes /a.ly.mat/ |
allumèrent /a.ly.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | allumerai /a.lym.ʁe/ |
allumeras /a.lym.ʁa/ |
allumera /a.lym.ʁa/ |
allumerons /a.lym.ʁɔ̃/ |
allumerez /a.lym.ʁe/ |
allumeront /a.lym.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | allumerais /a.lym.ʁɛ/ |
allumerais /a.lym.ʁɛ/ |
allumerait /a.lym.ʁɛ/ |
allumerions /a.ly.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
allumeriez /a.ly.mə.ʁje/ |
allumeraient /a.lym.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 | allume /a.lym/ |
allumes /a.lym/ |
allume /a.lym/ |
allumions /a.ly.mjɔ̃/ |
allumiez /a.ly.mje/ |
allument /a.lym/ |
| imperfect2 | allumasse /a.ly.mas/ |
allumasses /a.ly.mas/ |
allumât /a.ly.ma/ |
allumassions /a.ly.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
allumassiez /a.ly.ma.sje/ |
allumassent /a.ly.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | allume /a.lym/ |
— | allumons /a.ly.mɔ̃/ |
allumez /a.ly.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of s'allumer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | s'allumer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | s’allumant /sa.ly.mɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | allumé /a.ly.me/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’allume /ma.lym/ |
t’allumes /ta.lym/ |
s’allume /sa.lym/ |
nous allumons /nu.z‿a.ly.mɔ̃/ |
vous allumez /vu.z‿a.ly.me/ |
s’allument /sa.lym/ |
| imperfect | m’allumais /ma.ly.mɛ/ |
t’allumais /ta.ly.mɛ/ |
s’allumait /sa.ly.mɛ/ |
nous allumions /nu.z‿a.ly.mjɔ̃/ |
vous allumiez /vu.z‿a.ly.mje/ |
s’allumaient /sa.ly.mɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | m’allumai /ma.ly.me/ |
t’allumas /ta.ly.ma/ |
s’alluma /sa.ly.ma/ |
nous allumâmes /nu.z‿a.ly.mam/ |
vous allumâtes /vu.z‿a.ly.mat/ |
s’allumèrent /sa.ly.mɛʁ/ | |
| future | m’allumerai /ma.lym.ʁe/ |
t’allumeras /ta.lym.ʁa/ |
s’allumera /sa.lym.ʁa/ |
nous allumerons /nu.z‿a.lym.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous allumerez /vu.z‿a.lym.ʁe/ |
s’allumeront /sa.lym.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | m’allumerais /ma.lym.ʁɛ/ |
t’allumerais /ta.lym.ʁɛ/ |
s’allumerait /sa.lym.ʁɛ/ |
nous allumerions /nu.z‿a.ly.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous allumeriez /vu.z‿a.ly.mə.ʁje/ |
s’allumeraient /sa.lym.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | m’allume /ma.lym/ |
t’allumes /ta.lym/ |
s’allume /sa.lym/ |
nous allumions /nu.z‿a.ly.mjɔ̃/ |
vous allumiez /vu.z‿a.ly.mje/ |
s’allument /sa.lym/ |
| imperfect2 | m’allumasse /ma.ly.mas/ |
t’allumasses /ta.ly.mas/ |
s’allumât /sa.ly.ma/ |
nous allumassions /nu.z‿a.ly.ma.sjɔ̃/ |
vous allumassiez /vu.z‿a.ly.ma.sje/ |
s’allumassent /sa.ly.mas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | allume-toi /a.lym.twa/ |
— | allumons-nous /a.ly.mɔ̃.nu/ |
allumez-vous /a.ly.me.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “allumer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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