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

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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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