bêtifier

French

Etymology

From bête +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bêtifier

  1. to act childishly
  2. to be brutalized

Conjugation

Conjugation of bêtifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple bêtifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple bêtifiant
/bɛ.ti.fjɑ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle bêtifié
/bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present bêtifie
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ 		bêtifies
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ 		bêtifie
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ 		bêtifions
/bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		bêtifiez
/bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/ 		bêtifient
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/
imperfect bêtifiais
/bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/ 		bêtifiais
/bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/ 		bêtifiait
/bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/ 		bêtifiions
/bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		bêtifiiez
/bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /be.ti.fi.je/ 		bêtifiaient
/bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /be.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 bêtifiai
/bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.ti.fje/ 		bêtifias
/bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/ 		bêtifia
/bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/ 		bêtifiâmes
/bɛ.ti.fjam/ or /be.ti.fjam/ 		bêtifiâtes
/bɛ.ti.fjat/ or /be.ti.fjat/ 		bêtifièrent
/bɛ.ti.fjɛʁ/ or /be.ti.fjɛʁ/
future bêtifierai
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		bêtifieras
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		bêtifiera
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		bêtifierons
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		bêtifierez
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		bêtifieront
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bêtifierais
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		bêtifierais
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		bêtifierait
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		bêtifierions
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bêtifieriez
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁje/ or /be.ti.fi.ʁje/ 		bêtifieraient
/bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /be.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 bêtifie
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ 		bêtifies
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ 		bêtifie
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ 		bêtifiions
/bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		bêtifiiez
/bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /be.ti.fi.je/ 		bêtifient
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/
imperfect2 bêtifiasse
/bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/ 		bêtifiasses
/bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/ 		bêtifiât
/bɛ.ti.fja/ or /be.ti.fja/ 		bêtifiassions
/bɛ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		bêtifiassiez
/bɛ.ti.fja.sje/ or /be.ti.fja.sje/ 		bêtifiassent
/bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /be.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — bêtifie
/bɛ.ti.fi/ or /be.ti.fi/ 		— bêtifions
/bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /be.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		bêtifiez
/bɛ.ti.fje/ or /be.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).

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