gratifier
English
Etymology
gratify + -er
Noun
gratifier (plural gratifiers)
- Someone who gratifies.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin grātificārī, from Latin grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).
Pronunciation
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Verb
gratifier
- to gratify
- to reward
Conjugation
Conjugation of gratifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | gratifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | gratifiant /ɡʁa.ti.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | gratifié /ɡʁa.ti.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | gratifie /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ | gratifies /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ | gratifie /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ | gratifions /ɡʁa.ti.fjɔ̃/ | gratifiez /ɡʁa.ti.fje/ | gratifient /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | gratifiais /ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/ | gratifiais /ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/ | gratifiait /ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/ | gratifiions /ɡʁa.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ | gratifiiez /ɡʁa.ti.fi.je/ | gratifiaient /ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | gratifiai /ɡʁa.ti.fje/ | gratifias /ɡʁa.ti.fja/ | gratifia /ɡʁa.ti.fja/ | gratifiâmes /ɡʁa.ti.fjam/ | gratifiâtes /ɡʁa.ti.fjat/ | gratifièrent /ɡʁa.ti.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | gratifierai /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁe/ | gratifieras /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁa/ | gratifiera /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁa/ | gratifierons /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | gratifierez /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁe/ | gratifieront /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | gratifierais /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | gratifierais /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | gratifierait /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | gratifierions /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | gratifieriez /ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁje/ | gratifieraient /ɡʁa.ti.fi.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 | gratifie /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ | gratifies /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ | gratifie /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ | gratifiions /ɡʁa.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ | gratifiiez /ɡʁa.ti.fi.je/ | gratifient /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | gratifiasse /ɡʁa.ti.fjas/ | gratifiasses /ɡʁa.ti.fjas/ | gratifiât /ɡʁa.ti.fja/ | gratifiassions /ɡʁa.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ | gratifiassiez /ɡʁa.ti.fja.sje/ | gratifiassent /ɡʁa.ti.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | gratifie /ɡʁa.ti.fi/ | — | gratifions /ɡʁa.ti.fjɔ̃/ | gratifiez /ɡʁa.ti.fje/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
- gratification
Further reading
- “gratifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.