ignifuger

French

Etymology

From ignifuge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/

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Verb

ignifuger

1. (transitive) to fireproof

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written ignifuge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of ignifuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ignifuger
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ignifugeant /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ignifugé /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/	ignifuges /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/	ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/	ignifugeons /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɔ̃/	ignifugez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/	ignifugent /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/
	imperfect	ignifugeais /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛ/	ignifugeais /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛ/	ignifugeait /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛ/	ignifugions /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒjɔ̃/	ignifugiez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒje/	ignifugeaient /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛ/
	past historic2	ignifugeai /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/	ignifugeas /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa/	ignifugea /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa/	ignifugeâmes /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒam/	ignifugeâtes /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒat/	ignifugèrent /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɛʁ/
	future	ignifugerai /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁe/	ignifugeras /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁa/	ignifugera /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁa/	ignifugerons /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/	ignifugerez /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁe/	ignifugeront /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ignifugerais /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɛ/	ignifugerais /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɛ/	ignifugerait /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.ʁɛ/	ignifugerions /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/	ignifugeriez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒə.ʁje/	ignifugeraient /iɡ.ni.fyʒ.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	ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/	ignifuges /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/	ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/	ignifugions /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒjɔ̃/	ignifugiez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒje/	ignifugent /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/
	imperfect2	ignifugeasse /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒas/	ignifugeasses /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒas/	ignifugeât /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa/	ignifugeassions /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/	ignifugeassiez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒa.sje/	ignifugeassent /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ignifuge /iɡ.ni.fyʒ/	—	ignifugeons /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒɔ̃/	ignifugez /iɡ.ni.fy.ʒe/	—
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

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