nidifier

French

Etymology

Loaned from Latin nīdificāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

nidifier

1. to nidify; to make a nest

Conjugation

Conjugation of nidifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	nidifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	nidifiant /ni.di.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		nidifié /ni.di.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	nidifie /ni.di.fi/	nidifies /ni.di.fi/	nidifie /ni.di.fi/	nidifions /ni.di.fjɔ̃/	nidifiez /ni.di.fje/	nidifient /ni.di.fi/
	imperfect	nidifiais /ni.di.fjɛ/	nidifiais /ni.di.fjɛ/	nidifiait /ni.di.fjɛ/	nidifiions /ni.di.fi.jɔ̃/	nidifiiez /ni.di.fi.je/	nidifiaient /ni.di.fjɛ/
	past historic2	nidifiai /ni.di.fje/	nidifias /ni.di.fja/	nidifia /ni.di.fja/	nidifiâmes /ni.di.fjam/	nidifiâtes /ni.di.fjat/	nidifièrent /ni.di.fjɛʁ/
	future	nidifierai /ni.di.fi.ʁe/	nidifieras /ni.di.fi.ʁa/	nidifiera /ni.di.fi.ʁa/	nidifierons /ni.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/	nidifierez /ni.di.fi.ʁe/	nidifieront /ni.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	nidifierais /ni.di.fi.ʁɛ/	nidifierais /ni.di.fi.ʁɛ/	nidifierait /ni.di.fi.ʁɛ/	nidifierions /ni.di.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	nidifieriez /ni.di.fi.ʁje/	nidifieraient /ni.di.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	nidifie /ni.di.fi/	nidifies /ni.di.fi/	nidifie /ni.di.fi/	nidifiions /ni.di.fi.jɔ̃/	nidifiiez /ni.di.fi.je/	nidifient /ni.di.fi/
	imperfect2	nidifiasse /ni.di.fjas/	nidifiasses /ni.di.fjas/	nidifiât /ni.di.fja/	nidifiassions /ni.di.fja.sjɔ̃/	nidifiassiez /ni.di.fja.sje/	nidifiassent /ni.di.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	nidifie /ni.di.fi/	—	nidifions /ni.di.fjɔ̃/	nidifiez /ni.di.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).

Related terms

• nid
• nidification

Further reading

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