nullifier
English
Etymology
Noun
nullifier (plural nullifiers)
- One who, or that which, nullifies.
- (US politics, historical) A person holding the belief that states could nullify federal laws within their borders.
- Synonyms: nullificator, nullificationist
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ny.li.fje/
Audio: (file)
Verb
nullifier
- to nullify
Conjugation
Conjugation of nullifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | nullifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | nullifiant /ny.li.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | nullifié /ny.li.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | nullifie /ny.li.fi/ |
nullifies /ny.li.fi/ |
nullifie /ny.li.fi/ |
nullifions /ny.li.fjɔ̃/ |
nullifiez /ny.li.fje/ |
nullifient /ny.li.fi/ |
| imperfect | nullifiais /ny.li.fjɛ/ |
nullifiais /ny.li.fjɛ/ |
nullifiait /ny.li.fjɛ/ |
nullifiions /ny.li.fi.jɔ̃/ |
nullifiiez /ny.li.fi.je/ |
nullifiaient /ny.li.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | nullifiai /ny.li.fje/ |
nullifias /ny.li.fja/ |
nullifia /ny.li.fja/ |
nullifiâmes /ny.li.fjam/ |
nullifiâtes /ny.li.fjat/ |
nullifièrent /ny.li.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | nullifierai /ny.li.fi.ʁe/ |
nullifieras /ny.li.fi.ʁa/ |
nullifiera /ny.li.fi.ʁa/ |
nullifierons /ny.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
nullifierez /ny.li.fi.ʁe/ |
nullifieront /ny.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | nullifierais /ny.li.fi.ʁɛ/ |
nullifierais /ny.li.fi.ʁɛ/ |
nullifierait /ny.li.fi.ʁɛ/ |
nullifierions /ny.li.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
nullifieriez /ny.li.fi.ʁje/ |
nullifieraient /ny.li.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 | nullifie /ny.li.fi/ |
nullifies /ny.li.fi/ |
nullifie /ny.li.fi/ |
nullifiions /ny.li.fi.jɔ̃/ |
nullifiiez /ny.li.fi.je/ |
nullifient /ny.li.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | nullifiasse /ny.li.fjas/ |
nullifiasses /ny.li.fjas/ |
nullifiât /ny.li.fja/ |
nullifiassions /ny.li.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
nullifiassiez /ny.li.fja.sje/ |
nullifiassent /ny.li.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | nullifie /ny.li.fi/ |
— | nullifions /ny.li.fjɔ̃/ |
nullifiez /ny.li.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “nullifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.