lubrifier
French
Etymology
From Latin lūbricus + -ifier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ly.bʁi.fje/
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Verb
lubrifier
- (transitive) to lubricate (make slippery or smooth)
- (passive pronominal) to be lubricated
Conjugation
Conjugation of lubrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | lubrifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | lubrifiant /ly.bʁi.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | lubrifié /ly.bʁi.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
lubrifies /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
lubrifions /ly.bʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
lubrifiez /ly.bʁi.fje/ |
lubrifient /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect | lubrifiais /ly.bʁi.fjɛ/ |
lubrifiais /ly.bʁi.fjɛ/ |
lubrifiait /ly.bʁi.fjɛ/ |
lubrifiions /ly.bʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ |
lubrifiiez /ly.bʁi.fi.je/ |
lubrifiaient /ly.bʁi.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | lubrifiai /ly.bʁi.fje/ |
lubrifias /ly.bʁi.fja/ |
lubrifia /ly.bʁi.fja/ |
lubrifiâmes /ly.bʁi.fjam/ |
lubrifiâtes /ly.bʁi.fjat/ |
lubrifièrent /ly.bʁi.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | lubrifierai /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁe/ |
lubrifieras /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁa/ |
lubrifiera /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁa/ |
lubrifierons /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
lubrifierez /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁe/ |
lubrifieront /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | lubrifierais /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
lubrifierais /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
lubrifierait /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
lubrifierions /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
lubrifieriez /ly.bʁi.fi.ʁje/ |
lubrifieraient /ly.bʁi.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 | lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
lubrifies /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
lubrifiions /ly.bʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ |
lubrifiiez /ly.bʁi.fi.je/ |
lubrifient /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | lubrifiasse /ly.bʁi.fjas/ |
lubrifiasses /ly.bʁi.fjas/ |
lubrifiât /ly.bʁi.fja/ |
lubrifiassions /ly.bʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
lubrifiassiez /ly.bʁi.fja.sje/ |
lubrifiassent /ly.bʁi.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | lubrifie /ly.bʁi.fi/ |
— | lubrifions /ly.bʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
lubrifiez /ly.bʁi.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). | |||||||
Hyponyms
Related terms
References
- “lubrifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.