ignifuger
French
Etymology
ignifuge + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/
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Verb
ignifuger
- (transitive) to fireproof
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written ignifuge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of ignifuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ignifuger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ignifugeant /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ignifugé /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ | ignifuges /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ | ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ | ignifugeons /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɔ̃/ | ignifugez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/ | ignifugent /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ |
imperfect | ignifugeais /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛ/ | ignifugeais /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛ/ | ignifugeait /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛ/ | ignifugions /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒjɔ̃/ | ignifugiez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒje/ | ignifugeaient /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ignifugeai /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/ | ignifugeas /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa/ | ignifugea /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa/ | ignifugeâmes /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒam/ | ignifugeâtes /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒat/ | ignifugèrent /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | ignifugerai /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁe/ | ignifugeras /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁa/ | ignifugera /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁa/ | ignifugerons /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | ignifugerez /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁe/ | ignifugeront /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ignifugerais /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ | ignifugerais /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ | ignifugerait /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ | ignifugerions /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ignifugeriez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒə.ʁje/ | ignifugeraient /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.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 | ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ | ignifuges /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ | ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ | ignifugions /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒjɔ̃/ | ignifugiez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒje/ | ignifugent /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ |
imperfect2 | ignifugeasse /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒas/ | ignifugeasses /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒas/ | ignifugeât /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa/ | ignifugeassions /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | ignifugeassiez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa.sje/ | ignifugeassent /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/ | — | ignifugeons /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɔ̃/ | ignifugez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “ignifuger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.