pontifier
French
Etymology
From pontife (“pontiff”) + -ier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pɔ̃.ti.fje/
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Verb
pontifier
- to pontificate
Conjugation
Conjugation of pontifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | pontifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | pontifiant /pɔ̃.ti.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | pontifié /pɔ̃.ti.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
pontifies /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
pontifions /pɔ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
pontifiez /pɔ̃.ti.fje/ |
pontifient /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | pontifiais /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/ |
pontifiais /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/ |
pontifiait /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/ |
pontifiions /pɔ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
pontifiiez /pɔ̃.ti.fi.je/ |
pontifiaient /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | pontifiai /pɔ̃.ti.fje/ |
pontifias /pɔ̃.ti.fja/ |
pontifia /pɔ̃.ti.fja/ |
pontifiâmes /pɔ̃.ti.fjam/ |
pontifiâtes /pɔ̃.ti.fjat/ |
pontifièrent /pɔ̃.ti.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | pontifierai /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
pontifieras /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
pontifiera /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
pontifierons /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
pontifierez /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
pontifieront /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | pontifierais /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
pontifierais /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
pontifierait /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
pontifierions /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
pontifieriez /pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁje/ |
pontifieraient /pɔ̃.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 | pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
pontifies /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
pontifiions /pɔ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
pontifiiez /pɔ̃.ti.fi.je/ |
pontifient /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | pontifiasse /pɔ̃.ti.fjas/ |
pontifiasses /pɔ̃.ti.fjas/ |
pontifiât /pɔ̃.ti.fja/ |
pontifiassions /pɔ̃.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
pontifiassiez /pɔ̃.ti.fja.sje/ |
pontifiassent /pɔ̃.ti.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | pontifie /pɔ̃.ti.fi/ |
— | pontifions /pɔ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
pontifiez /pɔ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “pontifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.