ossifier

English

Etymology

ossify +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɒsɪfaɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

ossifier (plural ossifiers)

1. One who, or that which, ossifies.

French

Etymology

From os +‎ -ifier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.si.fje/

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Verb

ossifier

1. to ossify (turn to bone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ossifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ossifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ossifiant /ɔ.si.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ossifié /ɔ.si.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ossifie /ɔ.si.fi/	ossifies /ɔ.si.fi/	ossifie /ɔ.si.fi/	ossifions /ɔ.si.fjɔ̃/	ossifiez /ɔ.si.fje/	ossifient /ɔ.si.fi/
	imperfect	ossifiais /ɔ.si.fjɛ/	ossifiais /ɔ.si.fjɛ/	ossifiait /ɔ.si.fjɛ/	ossifiions /ɔ.si.fi.jɔ̃/	ossifiiez /ɔ.si.fi.je/	ossifiaient /ɔ.si.fjɛ/
	past historic2	ossifiai /ɔ.si.fje/	ossifias /ɔ.si.fja/	ossifia /ɔ.si.fja/	ossifiâmes /ɔ.si.fjam/	ossifiâtes /ɔ.si.fjat/	ossifièrent /ɔ.si.fjɛʁ/
	future	ossifierai /ɔ.si.fi.ʁe/	ossifieras /ɔ.si.fi.ʁa/	ossifiera /ɔ.si.fi.ʁa/	ossifierons /ɔ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/	ossifierez /ɔ.si.fi.ʁe/	ossifieront /ɔ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ossifierais /ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	ossifierais /ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	ossifierait /ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	ossifierions /ɔ.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	ossifieriez /ɔ.si.fi.ʁje/	ossifieraient /ɔ.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	ossifie /ɔ.si.fi/	ossifies /ɔ.si.fi/	ossifie /ɔ.si.fi/	ossifiions /ɔ.si.fi.jɔ̃/	ossifiiez /ɔ.si.fi.je/	ossifient /ɔ.si.fi/
	imperfect2	ossifiasse /ɔ.si.fjas/	ossifiasses /ɔ.si.fjas/	ossifiât /ɔ.si.fja/	ossifiassions /ɔ.si.fja.sjɔ̃/	ossifiassiez /ɔ.si.fja.sje/	ossifiassent /ɔ.si.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ossifie /ɔ.si.fi/	—	ossifions /ɔ.si.fjɔ̃/	ossifiez /ɔ.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: 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

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