saponifier

English

Etymology

saponify +‎ -er

Noun

saponifier (plural saponifiers)

1. (chemistry) Any reagent used for saponification.

References

• “saponifier”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

saponifier

1. to saponify

Conjugation

Conjugation of saponifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	saponifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	saponifiant /sa.pɔ.ni.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		saponifié /sa.pɔ.ni.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	saponifie /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/	saponifies /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/	saponifie /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/	saponifions /sa.pɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/	saponifiez /sa.pɔ.ni.fje/	saponifient /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/
	imperfect	saponifiais /sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛ/	saponifiais /sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛ/	saponifiait /sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛ/	saponifiions /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	saponifiiez /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.je/	saponifiaient /sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛ/
	past historic2	saponifiai /sa.pɔ.ni.fje/	saponifias /sa.pɔ.ni.fja/	saponifia /sa.pɔ.ni.fja/	saponifiâmes /sa.pɔ.ni.fjam/	saponifiâtes /sa.pɔ.ni.fjat/	saponifièrent /sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛʁ/
	future	saponifierai /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/	saponifieras /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/	saponifiera /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/	saponifierons /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/	saponifierez /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/	saponifieront /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	saponifierais /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	saponifierais /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	saponifierait /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	saponifierions /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	saponifieriez /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁje/	saponifieraient /sa.pɔ.ni.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	saponifie /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/	saponifies /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/	saponifie /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/	saponifiions /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	saponifiiez /sa.pɔ.ni.fi.je/	saponifient /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/
	imperfect2	saponifiasse /sa.pɔ.ni.fjas/	saponifiasses /sa.pɔ.ni.fjas/	saponifiât /sa.pɔ.ni.fja/	saponifiassions /sa.pɔ.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/	saponifiassiez /sa.pɔ.ni.fja.sje/	saponifiassent /sa.pɔ.ni.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	saponifie /sa.pɔ.ni.fi/	—	saponifions /sa.pɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/	saponifiez /sa.pɔ.ni.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

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