simplifier

English

Etymology

simplify +‎ -er

Noun

simplifier (plural simplifiers)

  1. Agent noun of simplify; one who simplifies.

French

Etymology

From simple +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.pli.fje/
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Verb

simplifier

  1. to simplify

Conjugation
Conjugation of simplifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple simplifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple simplifiant
/sɛ̃.pli.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle simplifié
/sɛ̃.pli.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present simplifie
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/		 simplifies
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/		 simplifie
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/		 simplifions
/sɛ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/		 simplifiez
/sɛ̃.pli.fje/		 simplifient
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/
imperfect simplifiais
/sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/		 simplifiais
/sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/		 simplifiait
/sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/		 simplifiions
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/		 simplifiiez
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.je/		 simplifiaient
/sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/
past historic2 simplifiai
/sɛ̃.pli.fje/		 simplifias
/sɛ̃.pli.fja/		 simplifia
/sɛ̃.pli.fja/		 simplifiâmes
/sɛ̃.pli.fjam/		 simplifiâtes
/sɛ̃.pli.fjat/		 simplifièrent
/sɛ̃.pli.fjɛʁ/
future simplifierai
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/		 simplifieras
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/		 simplifiera
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/		 simplifierons
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 simplifierez
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/		 simplifieront
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional simplifierais
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/		 simplifierais
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/		 simplifierait
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/		 simplifierions
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 simplifieriez
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁje/		 simplifieraient
/sɛ̃.pli.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 simplifie
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/		 simplifies
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/		 simplifie
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/		 simplifiions
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/		 simplifiiez
/sɛ̃.pli.fi.je/		 simplifient
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/
imperfect2 simplifiasse
/sɛ̃.pli.fjas/		 simplifiasses
/sɛ̃.pli.fjas/		 simplifiât
/sɛ̃.pli.fja/		 simplifiassions
/sɛ̃.pli.fja.sjɔ̃/		 simplifiassiez
/sɛ̃.pli.fja.sje/		 simplifiassent
/sɛ̃.pli.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — simplifie
/sɛ̃.pli.fi/		 — simplifions
/sɛ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/		 simplifiez
/sɛ̃.pli.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).

Derived terms

Descendants
  • English: simplify

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