bêtifier

French

Etymology

From bête +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bêtifier

1. to act childishly
2. to be brutalized

Conjugation

Conjugation of bêtifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bêtifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bêtifiant /bɛ.ti.fjɑ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bêtifié /bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/	bêtifies /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/	bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/	bêtifions /bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɔ̃/	bêtifiez /bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/	bêtifient /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/
	imperfect	bêtifiais /bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/	bêtifiais /bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/	bêtifiait /bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/	bêtifiions /bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	bêtifiiez /bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /be.ti.fi.je/	bêtifiaient /bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/
	past historic2	bêtifiai /bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/	bêtifias /bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/	bêtifia /bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/	bêtifiâmes /bɛ.ti.fjam/ or /be.ti.fjam/	bêtifiâtes /bɛ.ti.fjat/ or /be.ti.fjat/	bêtifièrent /bɛ.ti.fjɛʁ/ or /be.ti.fjɛʁ/
	future	bêtifierai /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁe/	bêtifieras /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁa/	bêtifiera /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁa/	bêtifierons /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/	bêtifierez /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁe/	bêtifieront /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bêtifierais /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	bêtifierais /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	bêtifierait /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	bêtifierions /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	bêtifieriez /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁje/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁje/	bêtifieraient /bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.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	bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/	bêtifies /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/	bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/	bêtifiions /bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	bêtifiiez /bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /be.ti.fi.je/	bêtifient /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/
	imperfect2	bêtifiasse /bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/	bêtifiasses /bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/	bêtifiât /bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/	bêtifiassions /bɛ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/	bêtifiassiez /bɛ.ti.fja.sje/ or /be.ti.fja.sje/	bêtifiassent /bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bêtifie /bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/	—	bêtifions /bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɔ̃/	bêtifiez /bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.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: 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).

Further reading

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