saponifier

English

Etymology

saponify +‎ -er

Noun

saponifier (plural saponifiers)

  1. (chemistry) Any reagent used for saponification.

References

French

Pronunciation
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Verb

saponifier

  1. to saponify

Conjugation
Conjugation of saponifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple saponifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple saponifiant
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle saponifié
/sa.pɔ.ni.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present saponifie
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/		 saponifies
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/		 saponifie
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/		 saponifions
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/		 saponifiez
/sa.pɔ.ni.fje/		 saponifient
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/
imperfect saponifiais
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛ/		 saponifiais
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛ/		 saponifiait
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛ/		 saponifiions
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/		 saponifiiez
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.je/		 saponifiaient
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛ/
past historic2 saponifiai
/sa.pɔ.ni.fje/		 saponifias
/sa.pɔ.ni.fja/		 saponifia
/sa.pɔ.ni.fja/		 saponifiâmes
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjam/		 saponifiâtes
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjat/		 saponifièrent
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjɛʁ/
future saponifierai
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/		 saponifieras
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/		 saponifiera
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/		 saponifierons
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 saponifierez
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/		 saponifieront
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional saponifierais
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/		 saponifierais
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/		 saponifierait
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/		 saponifierions
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 saponifieriez
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.ʁje/		 saponifieraient
/sa.pɔ.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 saponifie
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/		 saponifies
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/		 saponifie
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/		 saponifiions
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/		 saponifiiez
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi.je/		 saponifient
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/
imperfect2 saponifiasse
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjas/		 saponifiasses
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjas/		 saponifiât
/sa.pɔ.ni.fja/		 saponifiassions
/sa.pɔ.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/		 saponifiassiez
/sa.pɔ.ni.fja.sje/		 saponifiassent
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — saponifie
/sa.pɔ.ni.fi/		 — saponifions
/sa.pɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/		 saponifiez
/sa.pɔ.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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