barbifier

French

Etymology

From barbe (“beard”) +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

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Verb

barbifier

1. to shave (someone's) beard, to barb
2. to bore to death

Conjugation

Conjugation of barbifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	barbifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	barbifiant /baʁ.bi.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		barbifié /baʁ.bi.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	barbifie /baʁ.bi.fi/	barbifies /baʁ.bi.fi/	barbifie /baʁ.bi.fi/	barbifions /baʁ.bi.fjɔ̃/	barbifiez /baʁ.bi.fje/	barbifient /baʁ.bi.fi/
	imperfect	barbifiais /baʁ.bi.fjɛ/	barbifiais /baʁ.bi.fjɛ/	barbifiait /baʁ.bi.fjɛ/	barbifiions /baʁ.bi.fi.jɔ̃/	barbifiiez /baʁ.bi.fi.je/	barbifiaient /baʁ.bi.fjɛ/
	past historic2	barbifiai /baʁ.bi.fje/	barbifias /baʁ.bi.fja/	barbifia /baʁ.bi.fja/	barbifiâmes /baʁ.bi.fjam/	barbifiâtes /baʁ.bi.fjat/	barbifièrent /baʁ.bi.fjɛʁ/
	future	barbifierai /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁe/	barbifieras /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁa/	barbifiera /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁa/	barbifierons /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁɔ̃/	barbifierez /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁe/	barbifieront /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	barbifierais /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁɛ/	barbifierais /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁɛ/	barbifierait /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁɛ/	barbifierions /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	barbifieriez /baʁ.bi.fi.ʁje/	barbifieraient /baʁ.bi.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	barbifie /baʁ.bi.fi/	barbifies /baʁ.bi.fi/	barbifie /baʁ.bi.fi/	barbifiions /baʁ.bi.fi.jɔ̃/	barbifiiez /baʁ.bi.fi.je/	barbifient /baʁ.bi.fi/
	imperfect2	barbifiasse /baʁ.bi.fjas/	barbifiasses /baʁ.bi.fjas/	barbifiât /baʁ.bi.fja/	barbifiassions /baʁ.bi.fja.sjɔ̃/	barbifiassiez /baʁ.bi.fja.sje/	barbifiassent /baʁ.bi.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	barbifie /baʁ.bi.fi/	—	barbifions /baʁ.bi.fjɔ̃/	barbifiez /baʁ.bi.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

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