tonifier

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

tonifier

1. to tone up, to strengthen

Conjugation

Conjugation of tonifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tonifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tonifiant /tɔ.ni.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tonifié /tɔ.ni.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/	tonifies /tɔ.ni.fi/	tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/	tonifions /tɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/	tonifiez /tɔ.ni.fje/	tonifient /tɔ.ni.fi/
	imperfect	tonifiais /tɔ.ni.fjɛ/	tonifiais /tɔ.ni.fjɛ/	tonifiait /tɔ.ni.fjɛ/	tonifiions /tɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	tonifiiez /tɔ.ni.fi.je/	tonifiaient /tɔ.ni.fjɛ/
	past historic2	tonifiai /tɔ.ni.fje/	tonifias /tɔ.ni.fja/	tonifia /tɔ.ni.fja/	tonifiâmes /tɔ.ni.fjam/	tonifiâtes /tɔ.ni.fjat/	tonifièrent /tɔ.ni.fjɛʁ/
	future	tonifierai /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/	tonifieras /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/	tonifiera /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/	tonifierons /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/	tonifierez /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/	tonifieront /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tonifierais /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	tonifierais /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	tonifierait /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	tonifierions /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	tonifieriez /tɔ.ni.fi.ʁje/	tonifieraient /tɔ.ni.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	tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/	tonifies /tɔ.ni.fi/	tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/	tonifiions /tɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	tonifiiez /tɔ.ni.fi.je/	tonifient /tɔ.ni.fi/
	imperfect2	tonifiasse /tɔ.ni.fjas/	tonifiasses /tɔ.ni.fjas/	tonifiât /tɔ.ni.fja/	tonifiassions /tɔ.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/	tonifiassiez /tɔ.ni.fja.sje/	tonifiassent /tɔ.ni.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tonifie /tɔ.ni.fi/	—	tonifions /tɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/	tonifiez /tɔ.ni.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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• tonifiant
• tonicité
• tonus

Further reading

• “tonifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.