dulcifier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dulcificāre (“to sweeten, to make sweeter”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /dyl.si.fje/
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Verb

dulcifier

  1. (transitive) to soften (make softer)
    Synonyms: doucir, adoucir, radoucir

Conjugation
Conjugation of dulcifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple dulcifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple dulcifiant
/dyl.si.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle dulcifié
/dyl.si.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present dulcifie
/dyl.si.fi/		 dulcifies
/dyl.si.fi/		 dulcifie
/dyl.si.fi/		 dulcifions
/dyl.si.fjɔ̃/		 dulcifiez
/dyl.si.fje/		 dulcifient
/dyl.si.fi/
imperfect dulcifiais
/dyl.si.fjɛ/		 dulcifiais
/dyl.si.fjɛ/		 dulcifiait
/dyl.si.fjɛ/		 dulcifiions
/dyl.si.fi.jɔ̃/		 dulcifiiez
/dyl.si.fi.je/		 dulcifiaient
/dyl.si.fjɛ/
past historic2 dulcifiai
/dyl.si.fje/		 dulcifias
/dyl.si.fja/		 dulcifia
/dyl.si.fja/		 dulcifiâmes
/dyl.si.fjam/		 dulcifiâtes
/dyl.si.fjat/		 dulcifièrent
/dyl.si.fjɛʁ/
future dulcifierai
/dyl.si.fi.ʁe/		 dulcifieras
/dyl.si.fi.ʁa/		 dulcifiera
/dyl.si.fi.ʁa/		 dulcifierons
/dyl.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 dulcifierez
/dyl.si.fi.ʁe/		 dulcifieront
/dyl.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional dulcifierais
/dyl.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 dulcifierais
/dyl.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 dulcifierait
/dyl.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 dulcifierions
/dyl.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 dulcifieriez
/dyl.si.fi.ʁje/		 dulcifieraient
/dyl.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 dulcifie
/dyl.si.fi/		 dulcifies
/dyl.si.fi/		 dulcifie
/dyl.si.fi/		 dulcifiions
/dyl.si.fi.jɔ̃/		 dulcifiiez
/dyl.si.fi.je/		 dulcifient
/dyl.si.fi/
imperfect2 dulcifiasse
/dyl.si.fjas/		 dulcifiasses
/dyl.si.fjas/		 dulcifiât
/dyl.si.fja/		 dulcifiassions
/dyl.si.fja.sjɔ̃/		 dulcifiassiez
/dyl.si.fja.sje/		 dulcifiassent
/dyl.si.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — dulcifie
/dyl.si.fi/		 — dulcifions
/dyl.si.fjɔ̃/		 dulcifiez
/dyl.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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