massifier
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of mass + classifier, or massify + -er.
Noun edit
massifier (plural massifiers)
- (linguistics) A kind of classifier that results in a mass noun rather than singling out a discrete unit.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
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Verb edit
massifier
- to massify
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of massifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | massifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | massifiant /ma.si.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | massifié /ma.si.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | massifie /ma.si.fi/ |
massifies /ma.si.fi/ |
massifie /ma.si.fi/ |
massifions /ma.si.fjɔ̃/ |
massifiez /ma.si.fje/ |
massifient /ma.si.fi/ |
| imperfect | massifiais /ma.si.fjɛ/ |
massifiais /ma.si.fjɛ/ |
massifiait /ma.si.fjɛ/ |
massifiions /ma.si.fi.jɔ̃/ |
massifiiez /ma.si.fi.je/ |
massifiaient /ma.si.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | massifiai /ma.si.fje/ |
massifias /ma.si.fja/ |
massifia /ma.si.fja/ |
massifiâmes /ma.si.fjam/ |
massifiâtes /ma.si.fjat/ |
massifièrent /ma.si.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | massifierai /ma.si.fi.ʁe/ |
massifieras /ma.si.fi.ʁa/ |
massifiera /ma.si.fi.ʁa/ |
massifierons /ma.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
massifierez /ma.si.fi.ʁe/ |
massifieront /ma.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | massifierais /ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
massifierais /ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
massifierait /ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
massifierions /ma.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
massifieriez /ma.si.fi.ʁje/ |
massifieraient /ma.si.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 | massifie /ma.si.fi/ |
massifies /ma.si.fi/ |
massifie /ma.si.fi/ |
massifiions /ma.si.fi.jɔ̃/ |
massifiiez /ma.si.fi.je/ |
massifient /ma.si.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | massifiasse /ma.si.fjas/ |
massifiasses /ma.si.fjas/ |
massifiât /ma.si.fja/ |
massifiassions /ma.si.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
massifiassiez /ma.si.fja.sje/ |
massifiassent /ma.si.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | massifie /ma.si.fi/ |
— | massifions /ma.si.fjɔ̃/ |
massifiez /ma.si.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “massifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.