humidifier
English
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An ultrasonic humidifier
Etymology
humidify + -er
Noun
humidifier (plural humidifiers)
- A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.
Antonyms
- dehumidifier
Related terms
- humidify
Translations
A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air
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French
Etymology
humide (“humid”) + -ifier
Pronunciation
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Verb
humidifier
- to humidify
- Antonym: déshumidifier
Conjugation
Conjugation of humidifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | humidifier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | humidifiant /y.mi.di.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | humidifié /y.mi.di.fje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ | humidifies /y.mi.di.fi/ | humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ | humidifions /y.mi.di.fjɔ̃/ | humidifiez /y.mi.di.fje/ | humidifient /y.mi.di.fi/ |
imperfect | humidifiais /y.mi.di.fjɛ/ | humidifiais /y.mi.di.fjɛ/ | humidifiait /y.mi.di.fjɛ/ | humidifiions /y.mi.di.fi.jɔ̃/ | humidifiiez /y.mi.di.fi.je/ | humidifiaient /y.mi.di.fjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | humidifiai /y.mi.di.fje/ | humidifias /y.mi.di.fja/ | humidifia /y.mi.di.fja/ | humidifiâmes /y.mi.di.fjam/ | humidifiâtes /y.mi.di.fjat/ | humidifièrent /y.mi.di.fjɛʁ/ | |
future | humidifierai /y.mi.di.fi.ʁe/ | humidifieras /y.mi.di.fi.ʁa/ | humidifiera /y.mi.di.fi.ʁa/ | humidifierons /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | humidifierez /y.mi.di.fi.ʁe/ | humidifieront /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | humidifierais /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɛ/ | humidifierais /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɛ/ | humidifierait /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɛ/ | humidifierions /y.mi.di.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | humidifieriez /y.mi.di.fi.ʁje/ | humidifieraient /y.mi.di.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 | humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ | humidifies /y.mi.di.fi/ | humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ | humidifiions /y.mi.di.fi.jɔ̃/ | humidifiiez /y.mi.di.fi.je/ | humidifient /y.mi.di.fi/ |
imperfect2 | humidifiasse /y.mi.di.fjas/ | humidifiasses /y.mi.di.fjas/ | humidifiât /y.mi.di.fja/ | humidifiassions /y.mi.di.fja.sjɔ̃/ | humidifiassiez /y.mi.di.fja.sje/ | humidifiassent /y.mi.di.fjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ | — | humidifions /y.mi.di.fjɔ̃/ | humidifiez /y.mi.di.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
- humide
- humidificateur
- humidité
Further reading
- “humidifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.