massifier

English

Etymology

Blend of mass +‎ classifier, or massify +‎ -er.

Noun

massifier (plural massifiers)

  1. (linguistics) A kind of classifier that results in a mass noun rather than singling out a discrete unit.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

massifier

  1. to massify

Conjugation

Conjugation of massifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple massifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple massifiant
/ma.si.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle massifié
/ma.si.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present massifie
/ma.si.fi/ 		massifies
/ma.si.fi/ 		massifie
/ma.si.fi/ 		massifions
/ma.si.fjɔ̃/ 		massifiez
/ma.si.fje/ 		massifient
/ma.si.fi/
imperfect massifiais
/ma.si.fjɛ/ 		massifiais
/ma.si.fjɛ/ 		massifiait
/ma.si.fjɛ/ 		massifiions
/ma.si.fi.jɔ̃/ 		massifiiez
/ma.si.fi.je/ 		massifiaient
/ma.si.fjɛ/
past historic2 massifiai
/ma.si.fje/ 		massifias
/ma.si.fja/ 		massifia
/ma.si.fja/ 		massifiâmes
/ma.si.fjam/ 		massifiâtes
/ma.si.fjat/ 		massifièrent
/ma.si.fjɛʁ/
future massifierai
/ma.si.fi.ʁe/ 		massifieras
/ma.si.fi.ʁa/ 		massifiera
/ma.si.fi.ʁa/ 		massifierons
/ma.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		massifierez
/ma.si.fi.ʁe/ 		massifieront
/ma.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional massifierais
/ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		massifierais
/ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		massifierait
/ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		massifierions
/ma.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		massifieriez
/ma.si.fi.ʁje/ 		massifieraient
/ma.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 massifie
/ma.si.fi/ 		massifies
/ma.si.fi/ 		massifie
/ma.si.fi/ 		massifiions
/ma.si.fi.jɔ̃/ 		massifiiez
/ma.si.fi.je/ 		massifient
/ma.si.fi/
imperfect2 massifiasse
/ma.si.fjas/ 		massifiasses
/ma.si.fjas/ 		massifiât
/ma.si.fja/ 		massifiassions
/ma.si.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		massifiassiez
/ma.si.fja.sje/ 		massifiassent
/ma.si.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — massifie
/ma.si.fi/ 		— massifions
/ma.si.fjɔ̃/ 		massifiez
/ma.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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