plastifier
English
Noun
plastifier (plural plastifiers)
- A chemical agent that causes other chemical compounds to react to form a plastic.
- A chemical compound added to a polymer in order to produce a softer plastic material.
Synonyms
- (softener): plasticizer
French
Etymology
From plastique (“plastic”) + -ifier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /plas.ti.fje/
Audio: (file)
Verb
plastifier
- to laminate
Conjugation
Conjugation of plastifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | plastifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | plastifiant /plas.ti.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | plastifié /plas.ti.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | plastifie /plas.ti.fi/ |
plastifies /plas.ti.fi/ |
plastifie /plas.ti.fi/ |
plastifions /plas.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
plastifiez /plas.ti.fje/ |
plastifient /plas.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | plastifiais /plas.ti.fjɛ/ |
plastifiais /plas.ti.fjɛ/ |
plastifiait /plas.ti.fjɛ/ |
plastifiions /plas.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
plastifiiez /plas.ti.fi.je/ |
plastifiaient /plas.ti.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | plastifiai /plas.ti.fje/ |
plastifias /plas.ti.fja/ |
plastifia /plas.ti.fja/ |
plastifiâmes /plas.ti.fjam/ |
plastifiâtes /plas.ti.fjat/ |
plastifièrent /plas.ti.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | plastifierai /plas.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
plastifieras /plas.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
plastifiera /plas.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
plastifierons /plas.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
plastifierez /plas.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
plastifieront /plas.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | plastifierais /plas.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
plastifierais /plas.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
plastifierait /plas.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
plastifierions /plas.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
plastifieriez /plas.ti.fi.ʁje/ |
plastifieraient /plas.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 | plastifie /plas.ti.fi/ |
plastifies /plas.ti.fi/ |
plastifie /plas.ti.fi/ |
plastifiions /plas.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
plastifiiez /plas.ti.fi.je/ |
plastifient /plas.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | plastifiasse /plas.ti.fjas/ |
plastifiasses /plas.ti.fjas/ |
plastifiât /plas.ti.fja/ |
plastifiassions /plas.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
plastifiassiez /plas.ti.fja.sje/ |
plastifiassent /plas.ti.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | plastifie /plas.ti.fi/ |
— | plastifions /plas.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
plastifiez /plas.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “plastifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.