pontifier

French

Etymology

From pontife (“pontiff”) +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔ̃.ti.fje/

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Verb

pontifier

1. to pontificate

Conjugation

Conjugation of pontifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	pontifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	pontifiant /pɔ̃.ti.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		pontifié /pɔ̃.ti.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/	pontifies /pɔ̃.ti.fi/	pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/	pontifions /pɔ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/	pontifiez /pɔ̃.ti.fje/	pontifient /pɔ̃.ti.fi/
	imperfect	pontifiais /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/	pontifiais /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/	pontifiait /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/	pontifiions /pɔ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	pontifiiez /pɔ̃.ti.fi.je/	pontifiaient /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/
	past historic2	pontifiai /pɔ̃.ti.fje/	pontifias /pɔ̃.ti.fja/	pontifia /pɔ̃.ti.fja/	pontifiâmes /pɔ̃.ti.fjam/	pontifiâtes /pɔ̃.ti.fjat/	pontifièrent /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛʁ/
	future	pontifierai /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/	pontifieras /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/	pontifiera /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/	pontifierons /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/	pontifierez /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/	pontifieront /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	pontifierais /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	pontifierais /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	pontifierait /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	pontifierions /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	pontifieriez /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁje/	pontifieraient /pɔ̃.ti.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	pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/	pontifies /pɔ̃.ti.fi/	pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/	pontifiions /pɔ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	pontifiiez /pɔ̃.ti.fi.je/	pontifient /pɔ̃.ti.fi/
	imperfect2	pontifiasse /pɔ̃.ti.fjas/	pontifiasses /pɔ̃.ti.fjas/	pontifiât /pɔ̃.ti.fja/	pontifiassions /pɔ̃.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/	pontifiassiez /pɔ̃.ti.fja.sje/	pontifiassent /pɔ̃.ti.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/	—	pontifions /pɔ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/	pontifiez /pɔ̃.ti.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

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