ossifier

English

Etymology

From ossify +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɒsɪfaɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

ossifier (plural ossifiers)

  1. One who, or that which, ossifies.

French

Etymology

From os +‎ -ifier

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.si.fje/
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Verb

ossifier

  1. to ossify (turn to bone)

Conjugation

Conjugation of ossifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ossifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ossifiant
/ɔ.si.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ossifié
/ɔ.si.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/ 		ossifies
/ɔ.si.fi/ 		ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/ 		ossifions
/ɔ.si.fjɔ̃/ 		ossifiez
/ɔ.si.fje/ 		ossifient
/ɔ.si.fi/
imperfect ossifiais
/ɔ.si.fjɛ/ 		ossifiais
/ɔ.si.fjɛ/ 		ossifiait
/ɔ.si.fjɛ/ 		ossifiions
/ɔ.si.fi.jɔ̃/ 		ossifiiez
/ɔ.si.fi.je/ 		ossifiaient
/ɔ.si.fjɛ/
past historic2 ossifiai
/ɔ.si.fje/ 		ossifias
/ɔ.si.fja/ 		ossifia
/ɔ.si.fja/ 		ossifiâmes
/ɔ.si.fjam/ 		ossifiâtes
/ɔ.si.fjat/ 		ossifièrent
/ɔ.si.fjɛʁ/
future ossifierai
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁe/ 		ossifieras
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁa/ 		ossifiera
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁa/ 		ossifierons
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		ossifierez
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁe/ 		ossifieront
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ossifierais
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		ossifierais
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		ossifierait
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		ossifierions
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		ossifieriez
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁje/ 		ossifieraient
/ɔ.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 ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/ 		ossifies
/ɔ.si.fi/ 		ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/ 		ossifiions
/ɔ.si.fi.jɔ̃/ 		ossifiiez
/ɔ.si.fi.je/ 		ossifient
/ɔ.si.fi/
imperfect2 ossifiasse
/ɔ.si.fjas/ 		ossifiasses
/ɔ.si.fjas/ 		ossifiât
/ɔ.si.fja/ 		ossifiassions
/ɔ.si.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		ossifiassiez
/ɔ.si.fja.sje/ 		ossifiassent
/ɔ.si.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/ 		— ossifions
/ɔ.si.fjɔ̃/ 		ossifiez
/ɔ.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:
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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