nitrifier
English
Etymology
nitrify + -er
Noun
nitrifier (plural nitrifiers)
- (chemistry) An agent employed in nitrification.
French
Etymology
nitrate + -ifier
Pronunciation
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Verb
nitrifier
- to nitrify
Conjugation
Conjugation of nitrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nitrifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | nitrifiant /ni.tʁi.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nitrifié /ni.tʁi.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | nitrifie /ni.tʁi.fi/ | nitrifies /ni.tʁi.fi/ | nitrifie /ni.tʁi.fi/ | nitrifions /ni.tʁi.fjɔ̃/ | nitrifiez /ni.tʁi.fje/ | nitrifient /ni.tʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect | nitrifiais /ni.tʁi.fjɛ/ | nitrifiais /ni.tʁi.fjɛ/ | nitrifiait /ni.tʁi.fjɛ/ | nitrifiions /ni.tʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ | nitrifiiez /ni.tʁi.fi.je/ | nitrifiaient /ni.tʁi.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | nitrifiai /ni.tʁi.fje/ | nitrifias /ni.tʁi.fja/ | nitrifia /ni.tʁi.fja/ | nitrifiâmes /ni.tʁi.fjam/ | nitrifiâtes /ni.tʁi.fjat/ | nitrifièrent /ni.tʁi.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | nitrifierai /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁe/ | nitrifieras /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁa/ | nitrifiera /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁa/ | nitrifierons /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | nitrifierez /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁe/ | nitrifieront /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nitrifierais /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | nitrifierais /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | nitrifierait /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | nitrifierions /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | nitrifieriez /ni.tʁi.fi.ʁje/ | nitrifieraient /ni.tʁi.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 | nitrifie /ni.tʁi.fi/ | nitrifies /ni.tʁi.fi/ | nitrifie /ni.tʁi.fi/ | nitrifiions /ni.tʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ | nitrifiiez /ni.tʁi.fi.je/ | nitrifient /ni.tʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | nitrifiasse /ni.tʁi.fjas/ | nitrifiasses /ni.tʁi.fjas/ | nitrifiât /ni.tʁi.fja/ | nitrifiassions /ni.tʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ | nitrifiassiez /ni.tʁi.fja.sje/ | nitrifiassent /ni.tʁi.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nitrifie /ni.tʁi.fi/ | — | nitrifions /ni.tʁi.fjɔ̃/ | nitrifiez /ni.tʁi.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “nitrifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.