calcifier
English
Etymology
Noun
calcifier (plural calcifiers)
- Something which calcifies; an agent of calcification.
- 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 121:
- Many species of coral are calcifiers; this is how they construct the towering structures that become reefs.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
calcifier
- to calcify
Conjugation
Conjugation of calcifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | calcifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | calcifiant /kal.si.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | calcifié /kal.si.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | calcifie /kal.si.fi/ |
calcifies /kal.si.fi/ |
calcifie /kal.si.fi/ |
calcifions /kal.si.fjɔ̃/ |
calcifiez /kal.si.fje/ |
calcifient /kal.si.fi/ |
| imperfect | calcifiais /kal.si.fjɛ/ |
calcifiais /kal.si.fjɛ/ |
calcifiait /kal.si.fjɛ/ |
calcifiions /kal.si.fi.jɔ̃/ |
calcifiiez /kal.si.fi.je/ |
calcifiaient /kal.si.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | calcifiai /kal.si.fje/ |
calcifias /kal.si.fja/ |
calcifia /kal.si.fja/ |
calcifiâmes /kal.si.fjam/ |
calcifiâtes /kal.si.fjat/ |
calcifièrent /kal.si.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | calcifierai /kal.si.fi.ʁe/ |
calcifieras /kal.si.fi.ʁa/ |
calcifiera /kal.si.fi.ʁa/ |
calcifierons /kal.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
calcifierez /kal.si.fi.ʁe/ |
calcifieront /kal.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | calcifierais /kal.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
calcifierais /kal.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
calcifierait /kal.si.fi.ʁɛ/ |
calcifierions /kal.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
calcifieriez /kal.si.fi.ʁje/ |
calcifieraient /kal.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 | calcifie /kal.si.fi/ |
calcifies /kal.si.fi/ |
calcifie /kal.si.fi/ |
calcifiions /kal.si.fi.jɔ̃/ |
calcifiiez /kal.si.fi.je/ |
calcifient /kal.si.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | calcifiasse /kal.si.fjas/ |
calcifiasses /kal.si.fjas/ |
calcifiât /kal.si.fja/ |
calcifiassions /kal.si.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
calcifiassiez /kal.si.fja.sje/ |
calcifiassent /kal.si.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | calcifie /kal.si.fi/ |
— | calcifions /kal.si.fjɔ̃/ |
calcifiez /kal.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- décalcifier (“to decalcify”)
- recalcifier
Further reading
- “calcifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.