certifier
English
Etymology
certify + -er.
Noun
certifier (plural certifiers)
- A person or entity that provides certification
- 2007 August 30, Andrew Martin, “Organic Dairy Agrees to Alter Some Practices”, in New York Times:
- The federal organic regulations are enforced by third-party certifiers.
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Anagrams
- rectifier
French
Etymology
From Old French certifier, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Medieval Latin certificō, certificāre, from Latin certus (“resolved, certain”), a modified form of the perfect passive participle of cernō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛʁ.ti.fje/
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Verb
certifier
- to certify (to attest as to)
Conjugation
Conjugation of certifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | certifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | certifiant /sɛʁ.ti.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | certifié /sɛʁ.ti.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ | certifies /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ | certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ | certifions /sɛʁ.ti.fjɔ̃/ | certifiez /sɛʁ.ti.fje/ | certifient /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | certifiais /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛ/ | certifiais /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛ/ | certifiait /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛ/ | certifiions /sɛʁ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ | certifiiez /sɛʁ.ti.fi.je/ | certifiaient /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | certifiai /sɛʁ.ti.fje/ | certifias /sɛʁ.ti.fja/ | certifia /sɛʁ.ti.fja/ | certifiâmes /sɛʁ.ti.fjam/ | certifiâtes /sɛʁ.ti.fjat/ | certifièrent /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | certifierai /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁe/ | certifieras /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁa/ | certifiera /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁa/ | certifierons /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | certifierez /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁe/ | certifieront /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | certifierais /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | certifierais /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | certifierait /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | certifierions /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ | certifieriez /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁje/ | certifieraient /sɛʁ.ti.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 | certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ | certifies /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ | certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ | certifiions /sɛʁ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ | certifiiez /sɛʁ.ti.fi.je/ | certifient /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | certifiasse /sɛʁ.ti.fjas/ | certifiasses /sɛʁ.ti.fjas/ | certifiât /sɛʁ.ti.fja/ | certifiassions /sɛʁ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ | certifiassiez /sɛʁ.ti.fja.sje/ | certifiassent /sɛʁ.ti.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/ | — | certifions /sɛʁ.ti.fjɔ̃/ | certifiez /sɛʁ.ti.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
- “certifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- rectifier
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Medieval Latin certificō, certificāre, from Latin certus (“resolved, certain”), a modified form of the perfect passive participle of cernō.
Verb
certifier
- to certify (to attest as to)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of certifier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | certifier | avoir certifïé | |||||
| gerund | en certifiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | certifiant | ||||||
| past participle | certifïé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | certifi | certifïes | certifïe | certifions | certifïez | certifïent |
| imperfect | certifioie, certifïeie, certifioe, certifïeve | certifioies, certifïeies, certifioes, certifïeves | certifioit, certifïeit, certifiot, certifïeve | certifiiiens, certifiiens | certifiiiez, certifiiez | certifioient, certifïeient, certifioent, certifïevent | |
| preterite | certifiai | certifias | certifia | certifiames | certifiastes | certifïerent | |
| future | certifïerai | certifïeras | certifïera | certifïerons | certifïeroiz, certifïereiz, certifïerez | certifïeront | |
| conditional | certifïeroie, certifïereie | certifïeroies, certifïereies | certifïeroit, certifïereit | certifïeriiens, certifïeriens | certifïeriiez, certifïeriez | certifïeroient, certifïereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | certifi | certifis | certifit | certifions | certifïez | certifïent |
| imperfect | certifiasse | certifiasses | certifiast | certifiissons, certifiissiens | certifiissoiz, certifiissez, certifiissiez | certifiassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | certifïe | — | certifions | certifïez | — | ||
Descendants
- → English: certify
- French: certifier