ramifier
French
Etymology
From Old French ramifier, borrowed from Medieval Latin ramificō, from Latin ramus (“branch”) + facio (“to do”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.mi.fje/
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Verb
ramifier
- to ramify
- to divide
Conjugation
Conjugation of ramifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ramifier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ramifiant /ʁa.mi.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ramifié /ʁa.mi.fje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ramifie /ʁa.mi.fi/ | ramifies /ʁa.mi.fi/ | ramifie /ʁa.mi.fi/ | ramifions /ʁa.mi.fjɔ̃/ | ramifiez /ʁa.mi.fje/ | ramifient /ʁa.mi.fi/ |
imperfect | ramifiais /ʁa.mi.fjɛ/ | ramifiais /ʁa.mi.fjɛ/ | ramifiait /ʁa.mi.fjɛ/ | ramifiions /ʁa.mi.fi.jɔ̃/ | ramifiiez /ʁa.mi.fi.je/ | ramifiaient /ʁa.mi.fjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ramifiai /ʁa.mi.fje/ | ramifias /ʁa.mi.fja/ | ramifia /ʁa.mi.fja/ | ramifiâmes /ʁa.mi.fjam/ | ramifiâtes /ʁa.mi.fjat/ | ramifièrent /ʁa.mi.fjɛʁ/ | |
future | ramifierai /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁe/ | ramifieras /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁa/ | ramifiera /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁa/ | ramifierons /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | ramifierez /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁe/ | ramifieront /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ramifierais /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁɛ/ | ramifierais /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁɛ/ | ramifierait /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁɛ/ | ramifierions /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | ramifieriez /ʁa.mi.fi.ʁje/ | ramifieraient /ʁa.mi.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 | ramifie /ʁa.mi.fi/ | ramifies /ʁa.mi.fi/ | ramifie /ʁa.mi.fi/ | ramifiions /ʁa.mi.fi.jɔ̃/ | ramifiiez /ʁa.mi.fi.je/ | ramifient /ʁa.mi.fi/ |
imperfect2 | ramifiasse /ʁa.mi.fjas/ | ramifiasses /ʁa.mi.fjas/ | ramifiât /ʁa.mi.fja/ | ramifiassions /ʁa.mi.fja.sjɔ̃/ | ramifiassiez /ʁa.mi.fja.sje/ | ramifiassent /ʁa.mi.fjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ramifie /ʁa.mi.fi/ | — | ramifions /ʁa.mi.fjɔ̃/ | ramifiez /ʁa.mi.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). |
Derived terms
- ramification
Further reading
- “ramifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.