gratifier

English

Etymology

From gratify +‎ -er.

Noun

gratifier (plural gratifiers)

  1. Someone who gratifies.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātificārī, from Latin grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

gratifier

  1. to gratify
  2. to reward

Conjugation

Conjugation of gratifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gratifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gratifiant
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gratifié
/ɡʁa.ti.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/ 		gratifies
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/ 		gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/ 		gratifions
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		gratifiez
/ɡʁa.ti.fje/ 		gratifient
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/
imperfect gratifiais
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/ 		gratifiais
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/ 		gratifiait
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/ 		gratifiions
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		gratifiiez
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.je/ 		gratifiaient
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 gratifiai
/ɡʁa.ti.fje/ 		gratifias
/ɡʁa.ti.fja/ 		gratifia
/ɡʁa.ti.fja/ 		gratifiâmes
/ɡʁa.ti.fjam/ 		gratifiâtes
/ɡʁa.ti.fjat/ 		gratifièrent
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛʁ/
future gratifierai
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		gratifieras
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		gratifiera
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		gratifierons
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		gratifierez
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		gratifieront
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gratifierais
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		gratifierais
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		gratifierait
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		gratifierions
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		gratifieriez
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁje/ 		gratifieraient
/ɡʁa.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 gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/ 		gratifies
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/ 		gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/ 		gratifiions
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		gratifiiez
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.je/ 		gratifient
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/
imperfect2 gratifiasse
/ɡʁa.ti.fjas/ 		gratifiasses
/ɡʁa.ti.fjas/ 		gratifiât
/ɡʁa.ti.fja/ 		gratifiassions
/ɡʁa.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		gratifiassiez
/ɡʁa.ti.fja.sje/ 		gratifiassent
/ɡʁa.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/ 		— gratifions
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		gratifiez
/ɡʁa.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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