stimuler

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin stimulāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sti.my.le/
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Verb

stimuler

  1. (transitive) to stimulate
    Cet acide est reconnu pour stimuler le relâchement de l’insuline par les cellules pancréatiques.
    This acid is known to stimulate the secretion of insulin by the cells of the pancreas.
  2. (transitive) to whip up

Conjugation
Conjugation of stimuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple stimuler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple stimulant
/sti.my.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle stimulé
/sti.my.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present stimule
/sti.myl/		 stimules
/sti.myl/		 stimule
/sti.myl/		 stimulons
/sti.my.lɔ̃/		 stimulez
/sti.my.le/		 stimulent
/sti.myl/
imperfect stimulais
/sti.my.lɛ/		 stimulais
/sti.my.lɛ/		 stimulait
/sti.my.lɛ/		 stimulions
/sti.my.ljɔ̃/		 stimuliez
/sti.my.lje/		 stimulaient
/sti.my.lɛ/
past historic2 stimulai
/sti.my.le/		 stimulas
/sti.my.la/		 stimula
/sti.my.la/		 stimulâmes
/sti.my.lam/		 stimulâtes
/sti.my.lat/		 stimulèrent
/sti.my.lɛʁ/
future stimulerai
/sti.myl.ʁe/		 stimuleras
/sti.myl.ʁa/		 stimulera
/sti.myl.ʁa/		 stimulerons
/sti.myl.ʁɔ̃/		 stimulerez
/sti.myl.ʁe/		 stimuleront
/sti.myl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional stimulerais
/sti.myl.ʁɛ/		 stimulerais
/sti.myl.ʁɛ/		 stimulerait
/sti.myl.ʁɛ/		 stimulerions
/sti.my.lə.ʁjɔ̃/		 stimuleriez
/sti.my.lə.ʁje/		 stimuleraient
/sti.myl.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 stimule
/sti.myl/		 stimules
/sti.myl/		 stimule
/sti.myl/		 stimulions
/sti.my.ljɔ̃/		 stimuliez
/sti.my.lje/		 stimulent
/sti.myl/
imperfect2 stimulasse
/sti.my.las/		 stimulasses
/sti.my.las/		 stimulât
/sti.my.la/		 stimulassions
/sti.my.la.sjɔ̃/		 stimulassiez
/sti.my.la.sje/		 stimulassent
/sti.my.las/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — stimule
/sti.myl/		 — stimulons
/sti.my.lɔ̃/		 stimulez
/sti.my.le/		 —
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).

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

stimuler

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of stimulō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stimuler

  1. imperative of stimulere
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