"initier" meaning in French

See initier in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /i.ni.sje/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Lyokoï-initier.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-initier.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-initier.wav
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also commencer. The "start" sense is a semantic loan from English initiate. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|la|initiō|initiāre}} Borrowed from Latin initiāre, {{semantic loan|fr|en|initiate|nocap=1}} semantic loan from English initiate Head templates: {{fr-verb}} initier Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto|pron=inicier}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], initier [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], initiant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], initié [participle, past], initie [first-person, indicative, present, singular], inities [indicative, present, second-person, singular], initie [indicative, present, singular, third-person], initions [first-person, indicative, plural, present], initiez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], initient [indicative, plural, present, third-person], initiais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], initiais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], initiait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], initiions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], initiiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], initiaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], initiai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], initias [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], initia [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], initiâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], initiâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], initièrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], initierai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], initieras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], initiera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], initierons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], initierez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], initieront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], initierais [conditional, first-person, singular], initierais [conditional, second-person, singular], initierait [conditional, singular, third-person], initierions [conditional, first-person, plural], initieriez [conditional, plural, second-person], initieraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], initie [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], inities [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], initie [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], initiions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], initiiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], initient [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], initiasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], initiasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], initiât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], initiassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], initiassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], initiassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], initie [imperative, second-person, singular], initions [first-person, imperative, plural], initiez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to initiate (to introduce into a religion, sect, art, etc.)
    Sense id: en-initier-fr-verb-T4Ub-xbk Categories (other): French verbs with conjugation -er Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 55 45
  2. to start, to initiate Synonyms: commencer, démarrer
    Sense id: en-initier-fr-verb-vwSeCDFy Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 23 77 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: délit d'initié Related terms: initiation

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "délit d'initié"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "lang_code": "nl",
      "raw_tags": [
        "borrowed"
      ],
      "word": "initiëren"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "initiō",
        "4": "initiāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Latin initiāre",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "initiate",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "semantic loan from English initiate",
      "name": "semantic loan"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin initiāre. Cf. also commencer.\nThe \"start\" sense is a semantic loan from English initiate.",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initier",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiant",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initié",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initie",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "inities",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "initie",
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initions",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiez",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initient",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiais",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "initiais",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiait",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiions",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiiez",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiaient",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "initiai",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "initia",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sja/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiâmes",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjam/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiâtes",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjat/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initièrent",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initierai",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initieras",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "initiera",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initierons",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initierez",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initieront",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initierais",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initierais",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initierait",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initierions",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initieriez",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initieraient",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
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    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
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        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
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      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
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        "conditional",
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        "perfect"
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        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "inities",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.si/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/i.ni.si/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "ipa": "/i.ni.si.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
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      "ipa": "/i.ni.si/",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiasse",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiasses",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sjas/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiât",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sja/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiassions",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sja.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "initiassiez",
      "ipa": "/i.ni.sja.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "plural"
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
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        "second-person"
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
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      ],
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        "to initiate (to introduce into a religion, sect, art, etc.)"
      ],
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          "religion#English"
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        [
          "sect",
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        ],
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          "art",
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        {
          "word": "terminer"
        },
        {
          "word": "finir"
        },
        {
          "word": "cesser"
        },
        {
          "word": "arrêter"
        }
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          "start",
          "start"
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        [
          "initiate",
          "initiate"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "commencer"
        },
        {
          "word": "démarrer"
        }
      ]
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