lubrifier
French
Etymology
From Latin lūbricus + -ifier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ly.bʁi.fje/
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Verb
lubrifier
- (transitive) to lubricate (make slippery or smooth)
- (passive pronominal) to be lubricated
Conjugation
Conjugation of lubrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | lubrifier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | lubrifiant /ly.bʁi.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | lubrifié /ly.bʁi.fje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ | lubrifies /ly.bʁi.fi/ | lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ | lubrifions /ly.bʁi.fjɔ̃/ | lubrifiez /ly.bʁi.fje/ | lubrifient /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
imperfect | lubrifiais /ly.bʁi.fjɛ/ | lubrifiais /ly.bʁi.fjɛ/ | lubrifiait /ly.bʁi.fjɛ/ | lubrifiions /ly.bʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ | lubrifiiez /ly.bʁi.fi.je/ | lubrifiaient /ly.bʁi.fjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | lubrifiai /ly.bʁi.fje/ | lubrifias /ly.bʁi.fja/ | lubrifia /ly.bʁi.fja/ | lubrifiâmes /ly.bʁi.fjam/ | lubrifiâtes /ly.bʁi.fjat/ | lubrifièrent /ly.bʁi.fjɛʁ/ | |
future | lubrifierai /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁe/ | lubrifieras /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁa/ | lubrifiera /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁa/ | lubrifierons /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | lubrifierez /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁe/ | lubrifieront /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | lubrifierais /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | lubrifierais /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | lubrifierait /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | lubrifierions /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | lubrifieriez /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁje/ | lubrifieraient /ly.bʁi.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 | lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ | lubrifies /ly.bʁi.fi/ | lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ | lubrifiions /ly.bʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ | lubrifiiez /ly.bʁi.fi.je/ | lubrifient /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
imperfect2 | lubrifiasse /ly.bʁi.fjas/ | lubrifiasses /ly.bʁi.fjas/ | lubrifiât /ly.bʁi.fja/ | lubrifiassions /ly.bʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ | lubrifiassiez /ly.bʁi.fja.sje/ | lubrifiassent /ly.bʁi.fjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ | — | lubrifions /ly.bʁi.fjɔ̃/ | lubrifiez /ly.bʁi.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). |
Hyponyms
- graisser
- huiler
Related terms
- lubrifiant
- lubrification
References
- “lubrifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.