humidifier
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Etymology
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Noun
humidifier (plural humidifiers)
- A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air.
- 2023, R. F. Kuang, Yellowface, The Borough Press, page 11:
- Even the plants look expensive. A humidifier hisses beneath her calatheas.
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Translations
A device that is used to increase the humidity of the air
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French
Etymology
From humide (“humid”) + -ifier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.mi.di.fje/
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Verb
humidifier
- to humidify
- Antonym: déshumidifier
Conjugation
Conjugation of humidifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | humidifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | humidifiant /y.mi.di.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | humidifié /y.mi.di.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ |
humidifies /y.mi.di.fi/ |
humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ |
humidifions /y.mi.di.fjɔ̃/ |
humidifiez /y.mi.di.fje/ |
humidifient /y.mi.di.fi/ |
| imperfect | humidifiais /y.mi.di.fjɛ/ |
humidifiais /y.mi.di.fjɛ/ |
humidifiait /y.mi.di.fjɛ/ |
humidifiions /y.mi.di.fi.jɔ̃/ |
humidifiiez /y.mi.di.fi.je/ |
humidifiaient /y.mi.di.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | humidifiai /y.mi.di.fje/ |
humidifias /y.mi.di.fja/ |
humidifia /y.mi.di.fja/ |
humidifiâmes /y.mi.di.fjam/ |
humidifiâtes /y.mi.di.fjat/ |
humidifièrent /y.mi.di.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | humidifierai /y.mi.di.fi.ʁe/ |
humidifieras /y.mi.di.fi.ʁa/ |
humidifiera /y.mi.di.fi.ʁa/ |
humidifierons /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
humidifierez /y.mi.di.fi.ʁe/ |
humidifieront /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | humidifierais /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
humidifierais /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
humidifierait /y.mi.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
humidifierions /y.mi.di.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
humidifieriez /y.mi.di.fi.ʁje/ |
humidifieraient /y.mi.di.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 | humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ |
humidifies /y.mi.di.fi/ |
humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ |
humidifiions /y.mi.di.fi.jɔ̃/ |
humidifiiez /y.mi.di.fi.je/ |
humidifient /y.mi.di.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | humidifiasse /y.mi.di.fjas/ |
humidifiasses /y.mi.di.fjas/ |
humidifiât /y.mi.di.fja/ |
humidifiassions /y.mi.di.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
humidifiassiez /y.mi.di.fja.sje/ |
humidifiassent /y.mi.di.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | humidifie /y.mi.di.fi/ |
— | humidifions /y.mi.di.fjɔ̃/ |
humidifiez /y.mi.di.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
Further reading
- “humidifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.