simplifier
English
Etymology
simplify + -er
Noun
simplifier (plural simplifiers)
- Agent noun of simplify; one who simplifies.
French
Etymology
simple + -ifier
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ̃.pli.fje/
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Verb
simplifier
- to simplify
Conjugation
Conjugation of simplifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | simplifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | simplifiant /sɛ̃.pli.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | simplifié /sɛ̃.pli.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ | simplifies /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ | simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ | simplifions /sɛ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/ | simplifiez /sɛ̃.pli.fje/ | simplifient /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ |
| imperfect | simplifiais /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/ | simplifiais /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/ | simplifiait /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/ | simplifiions /sɛ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/ | simplifiiez /sɛ̃.pli.fi.je/ | simplifiaient /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | simplifiai /sɛ̃.pli.fje/ | simplifias /sɛ̃.pli.fja/ | simplifia /sɛ̃.pli.fja/ | simplifiâmes /sɛ̃.pli.fjam/ | simplifiâtes /sɛ̃.pli.fjat/ | simplifièrent /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | simplifierai /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/ | simplifieras /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/ | simplifiera /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/ | simplifierons /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | simplifierez /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/ | simplifieront /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | simplifierais /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/ | simplifierais /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/ | simplifierait /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/ | simplifierions /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | simplifieriez /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁje/ | simplifieraient /sɛ̃.pli.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 | simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ | simplifies /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ | simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ | simplifiions /sɛ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/ | simplifiiez /sɛ̃.pli.fi.je/ | simplifient /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | simplifiasse /sɛ̃.pli.fjas/ | simplifiasses /sɛ̃.pli.fjas/ | simplifiât /sɛ̃.pli.fja/ | simplifiassions /sɛ̃.pli.fja.sjɔ̃/ | simplifiassiez /sɛ̃.pli.fja.sje/ | simplifiassent /sɛ̃.pli.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/ | — | simplifions /sɛ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/ | simplifiez /sɛ̃.pli.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
- chinois simplifié
- simplification
Descendants
- English: simplify
Further reading
- “simplifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.