vérifier

See also: verifier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin vērificāre, from Latin vērus (“true”) + faciō (“to do, to make”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ve.ʁi.fje/
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Verb

vérifier

  1. (transitive) to verify
    1. to confirm
      Synonym: confirmer
    2. to prove
      Synonym: prouver

Conjugation
Conjugation of vérifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple vérifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple vérifiant
/ve.ʁi.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle vérifié
/ve.ʁi.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present vérifie
/ve.ʁi.fi/		 vérifies
/ve.ʁi.fi/		 vérifie
/ve.ʁi.fi/		 vérifions
/ve.ʁi.fjɔ̃/		 vérifiez
/ve.ʁi.fje/		 vérifient
/ve.ʁi.fi/
imperfect vérifiais
/ve.ʁi.fjɛ/		 vérifiais
/ve.ʁi.fjɛ/		 vérifiait
/ve.ʁi.fjɛ/		 vérifiions
/ve.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/		 vérifiiez
/ve.ʁi.fi.je/		 vérifiaient
/ve.ʁi.fjɛ/
past historic2 vérifiai
/ve.ʁi.fje/		 vérifias
/ve.ʁi.fja/		 vérifia
/ve.ʁi.fja/		 vérifiâmes
/ve.ʁi.fjam/		 vérifiâtes
/ve.ʁi.fjat/		 vérifièrent
/ve.ʁi.fjɛʁ/
future vérifierai
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁe/		 vérifieras
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁa/		 vérifiera
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁa/		 vérifierons
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 vérifierez
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁe/		 vérifieront
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional vérifierais
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 vérifierais
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 vérifierait
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 vérifierions
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 vérifieriez
/ve.ʁi.fi.ʁje/		 vérifieraient
/ve.ʁi.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 vérifie
/ve.ʁi.fi/		 vérifies
/ve.ʁi.fi/		 vérifie
/ve.ʁi.fi/		 vérifiions
/ve.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/		 vérifiiez
/ve.ʁi.fi.je/		 vérifient
/ve.ʁi.fi/
imperfect2 vérifiasse
/ve.ʁi.fjas/		 vérifiasses
/ve.ʁi.fjas/		 vérifiât
/ve.ʁi.fja/		 vérifiassions
/ve.ʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/		 vérifiassiez
/ve.ʁi.fja.sje/		 vérifiassent
/ve.ʁi.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — vérifie
/ve.ʁi.fi/		 — vérifions
/ve.ʁi.fjɔ̃/		 vérifiez
/ve.ʁi.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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