ossifier

English

Etymology

ossify +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɒsɪfaɪə(ɹ)/

Noun

ossifier (plural ossifiers)

  1. One who, or that which, ossifies.

French

Etymology

From os +‎ -ifier

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

ossifier

  1. to ossify (turn to bone)

Conjugation
Conjugation of ossifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple ossifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ossifiant
/ɔ.si.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle ossifié
/ɔ.si.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/		 ossifies
/ɔ.si.fi/		 ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/		 ossifions
/ɔ.si.fjɔ̃/		 ossifiez
/ɔ.si.fje/		 ossifient
/ɔ.si.fi/
imperfect ossifiais
/ɔ.si.fjɛ/		 ossifiais
/ɔ.si.fjɛ/		 ossifiait
/ɔ.si.fjɛ/		 ossifiions
/ɔ.si.fi.jɔ̃/		 ossifiiez
/ɔ.si.fi.je/		 ossifiaient
/ɔ.si.fjɛ/
past historic2 ossifiai
/ɔ.si.fje/		 ossifias
/ɔ.si.fja/		 ossifia
/ɔ.si.fja/		 ossifiâmes
/ɔ.si.fjam/		 ossifiâtes
/ɔ.si.fjat/		 ossifièrent
/ɔ.si.fjɛʁ/
future ossifierai
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁe/		 ossifieras
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁa/		 ossifiera
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁa/		 ossifierons
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 ossifierez
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁe/		 ossifieront
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional ossifierais
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 ossifierais
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 ossifierait
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 ossifierions
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 ossifieriez
/ɔ.si.fi.ʁje/		 ossifieraient
/ɔ.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 ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/		 ossifies
/ɔ.si.fi/		 ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/		 ossifiions
/ɔ.si.fi.jɔ̃/		 ossifiiez
/ɔ.si.fi.je/		 ossifient
/ɔ.si.fi/
imperfect2 ossifiasse
/ɔ.si.fjas/		 ossifiasses
/ɔ.si.fjas/		 ossifiât
/ɔ.si.fja/		 ossifiassions
/ɔ.si.fja.sjɔ̃/		 ossifiassiez
/ɔ.si.fja.sje/		 ossifiassent
/ɔ.si.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — ossifie
/ɔ.si.fi/		 — ossifions
/ɔ.si.fjɔ̃/		 ossifiez
/ɔ.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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