bonifier

French

Etymology

Either from bon +‎ -ifier or from Latin bonificare

Pronunciation

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Verb

bonifier

1. to improve

   Synonym: améliorer

   Le bordeaux se bonifie avec le temps.

   Bordeaux improves with time.

Conjugation

Conjugation of bonifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bonifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bonifiant /bɔ.ni.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bonifié /bɔ.ni.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/	bonifies /bɔ.ni.fi/	bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/	bonifions /bɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/	bonifiez /bɔ.ni.fje/	bonifient /bɔ.ni.fi/
	imperfect	bonifiais /bɔ.ni.fjɛ/	bonifiais /bɔ.ni.fjɛ/	bonifiait /bɔ.ni.fjɛ/	bonifiions /bɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	bonifiiez /bɔ.ni.fi.je/	bonifiaient /bɔ.ni.fjɛ/
	past historic2	bonifiai /bɔ.ni.fje/	bonifias /bɔ.ni.fja/	bonifia /bɔ.ni.fja/	bonifiâmes /bɔ.ni.fjam/	bonifiâtes /bɔ.ni.fjat/	bonifièrent /bɔ.ni.fjɛʁ/
	future	bonifierai /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/	bonifieras /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/	bonifiera /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/	bonifierons /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/	bonifierez /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/	bonifieront /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bonifierais /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	bonifierais /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	bonifierait /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	bonifierions /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	bonifieriez /bɔ.ni.fi.ʁje/	bonifieraient /bɔ.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	bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/	bonifies /bɔ.ni.fi/	bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/	bonifiions /bɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	bonifiiez /bɔ.ni.fi.je/	bonifient /bɔ.ni.fi/
	imperfect2	bonifiasse /bɔ.ni.fjas/	bonifiasses /bɔ.ni.fjas/	bonifiât /bɔ.ni.fja/	bonifiassions /bɔ.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/	bonifiassiez /bɔ.ni.fja.sje/	bonifiassent /bɔ.ni.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bonifie /bɔ.ni.fi/	—	bonifions /bɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/	bonifiez /bɔ.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).

Further reading

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