gratifier

English

Etymology

gratify +‎ -er

Noun

gratifier (plural gratifiers)

  1. Someone who gratifies.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin grātificārī, from Latin grātus (“kind, pleasing”) + facere (“to make”).

Pronunciation
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Verb

gratifier

  1. to gratify
  2. to reward

Conjugation
Conjugation of gratifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple gratifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple gratifiant
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle gratifié
/ɡʁa.ti.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/		 gratifies
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/		 gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/		 gratifions
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɔ̃/		 gratifiez
/ɡʁa.ti.fje/		 gratifient
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/
imperfect gratifiais
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/		 gratifiais
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/		 gratifiait
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/		 gratifiions
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.jɔ̃/		 gratifiiez
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.je/		 gratifiaient
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 gratifiai
/ɡʁa.ti.fje/		 gratifias
/ɡʁa.ti.fja/		 gratifia
/ɡʁa.ti.fja/		 gratifiâmes
/ɡʁa.ti.fjam/		 gratifiâtes
/ɡʁa.ti.fjat/		 gratifièrent
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɛʁ/
future gratifierai
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁe/		 gratifieras
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁa/		 gratifiera
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁa/		 gratifierons
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 gratifierez
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁe/		 gratifieront
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional gratifierais
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 gratifierais
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 gratifierait
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 gratifierions
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 gratifieriez
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.ʁje/		 gratifieraient
/ɡʁa.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 gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/		 gratifies
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/		 gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/		 gratifiions
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.jɔ̃/		 gratifiiez
/ɡʁa.ti.fi.je/		 gratifient
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/
imperfect2 gratifiasse
/ɡʁa.ti.fjas/		 gratifiasses
/ɡʁa.ti.fjas/		 gratifiât
/ɡʁa.ti.fja/		 gratifiassions
/ɡʁa.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/		 gratifiassiez
/ɡʁa.ti.fja.sje/		 gratifiassent
/ɡʁa.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — gratifie
/ɡʁa.ti.fi/		 — gratifions
/ɡʁa.ti.fjɔ̃/		 gratifiez
/ɡʁa.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:
  • 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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