lénifier

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /le.ni.fje/
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Verb

lénifier

  1. to assuage; to lenify

Conjugation

Conjugation of lénifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple lénifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple lénifiant
/le.ni.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle lénifié
/le.ni.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present lénifie
/le.ni.fi/ 		lénifies
/le.ni.fi/ 		lénifie
/le.ni.fi/ 		lénifions
/le.ni.fjɔ̃/ 		lénifiez
/le.ni.fje/ 		lénifient
/le.ni.fi/
imperfect lénifiais
/le.ni.fjɛ/ 		lénifiais
/le.ni.fjɛ/ 		lénifiait
/le.ni.fjɛ/ 		lénifiions
/le.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ 		lénifiiez
/le.ni.fi.je/ 		lénifiaient
/le.ni.fjɛ/
past historic2 lénifiai
/le.ni.fje/ 		lénifias
/le.ni.fja/ 		lénifia
/le.ni.fja/ 		lénifiâmes
/le.ni.fjam/ 		lénifiâtes
/le.ni.fjat/ 		lénifièrent
/le.ni.fjɛʁ/
future lénifierai
/le.ni.fi.ʁe/ 		lénifieras
/le.ni.fi.ʁa/ 		lénifiera
/le.ni.fi.ʁa/ 		lénifierons
/le.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		lénifierez
/le.ni.fi.ʁe/ 		lénifieront
/le.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional lénifierais
/le.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ 		lénifierais
/le.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ 		lénifierait
/le.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ 		lénifierions
/le.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		lénifieriez
/le.ni.fi.ʁje/ 		lénifieraient
/le.ni.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 lénifie
/le.ni.fi/ 		lénifies
/le.ni.fi/ 		lénifie
/le.ni.fi/ 		lénifiions
/le.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ 		lénifiiez
/le.ni.fi.je/ 		lénifient
/le.ni.fi/
imperfect2 lénifiasse
/le.ni.fjas/ 		lénifiasses
/le.ni.fjas/ 		lénifiât
/le.ni.fja/ 		lénifiassions
/le.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		lénifiassiez
/le.ni.fja.sje/ 		lénifiassent
/le.ni.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — lénifie
/le.ni.fi/ 		— lénifions
/le.ni.fjɔ̃/ 		lénifiez
/le.ni.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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