pétrifier
See also: petrifier
French
Etymology
From Latin petra (“stone, rock”) + -ifier.
Pronunciation
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Verb
pétrifier
- to petrify (turn to stone)
- to petrify, to paralyze (freeze with fear)
- Synonym: figer
Conjugation
Conjugation of pétrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | pétrifier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | pétrifiant /pe.tʁi.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | pétrifié /pe.tʁi.fje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | pétrifie /pe.tʁi.fi/ | pétrifies /pe.tʁi.fi/ | pétrifie /pe.tʁi.fi/ | pétrifions /pe.tʁi.fjɔ̃/ | pétrifiez /pe.tʁi.fje/ | pétrifient /pe.tʁi.fi/ |
imperfect | pétrifiais /pe.tʁi.fjɛ/ | pétrifiais /pe.tʁi.fjɛ/ | pétrifiait /pe.tʁi.fjɛ/ | pétrifiions /pe.tʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ | pétrifiiez /pe.tʁi.fi.je/ | pétrifiaient /pe.tʁi.fjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | pétrifiai /pe.tʁi.fje/ | pétrifias /pe.tʁi.fja/ | pétrifia /pe.tʁi.fja/ | pétrifiâmes /pe.tʁi.fjam/ | pétrifiâtes /pe.tʁi.fjat/ | pétrifièrent /pe.tʁi.fjɛʁ/ | |
future | pétrifierai /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁe/ | pétrifieras /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁa/ | pétrifiera /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁa/ | pétrifierons /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | pétrifierez /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁe/ | pétrifieront /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | pétrifierais /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | pétrifierais /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | pétrifierait /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ | pétrifierions /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | pétrifieriez /pe.tʁi.fi.ʁje/ | pétrifieraient /pe.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 | pétrifie /pe.tʁi.fi/ | pétrifies /pe.tʁi.fi/ | pétrifie /pe.tʁi.fi/ | pétrifiions /pe.tʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ | pétrifiiez /pe.tʁi.fi.je/ | pétrifient /pe.tʁi.fi/ |
imperfect2 | pétrifiasse /pe.tʁi.fjas/ | pétrifiasses /pe.tʁi.fjas/ | pétrifiât /pe.tʁi.fja/ | pétrifiassions /pe.tʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ | pétrifiassiez /pe.tʁi.fja.sje/ | pétrifiassent /pe.tʁi.fjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | pétrifie /pe.tʁi.fi/ | — | pétrifions /pe.tʁi.fjɔ̃/ | pétrifiez /pe.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
- “pétrifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.