diversifier

See also: divèrsifier

English

Etymology

From diversify +‎ -er.

Noun

diversifier (plural diversifiers)

1. One who or that which diversifies

   This investment is a good diversifier for your portfolio.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin diversificāre, by surface analysis, divers +‎ ifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ.si.fje/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Verb

diversifier

1. to diversify, broaden

Conjugation

Conjugation of diversifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	diversifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	diversifiant /di.vɛʁ.si.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		diversifié /di.vɛʁ.si.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	diversifie /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/	diversifies /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/	diversifie /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/	diversifions /di.vɛʁ.si.fjɔ̃/	diversifiez /di.vɛʁ.si.fje/	diversifient /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/
	imperfect	diversifiais /di.vɛʁ.si.fjɛ/	diversifiais /di.vɛʁ.si.fjɛ/	diversifiait /di.vɛʁ.si.fjɛ/	diversifiions /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.jɔ̃/	diversifiiez /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.je/	diversifiaient /di.vɛʁ.si.fjɛ/
	past historic2	diversifiai /di.vɛʁ.si.fje/	diversifias /di.vɛʁ.si.fja/	diversifia /di.vɛʁ.si.fja/	diversifiâmes /di.vɛʁ.si.fjam/	diversifiâtes /di.vɛʁ.si.fjat/	diversifièrent /di.vɛʁ.si.fjɛʁ/
	future	diversifierai /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁe/	diversifieras /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁa/	diversifiera /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁa/	diversifierons /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/	diversifierez /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁe/	diversifieront /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	diversifierais /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	diversifierais /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	diversifierait /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	diversifierions /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	diversifieriez /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁje/	diversifieraient /di.vɛʁ.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	diversifie /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/	diversifies /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/	diversifie /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/	diversifiions /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.jɔ̃/	diversifiiez /di.vɛʁ.si.fi.je/	diversifient /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/
	imperfect2	diversifiasse /di.vɛʁ.si.fjas/	diversifiasses /di.vɛʁ.si.fjas/	diversifiât /di.vɛʁ.si.fja/	diversifiassions /di.vɛʁ.si.fja.sjɔ̃/	diversifiassiez /di.vɛʁ.si.fja.sje/	diversifiassent /di.vɛʁ.si.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	diversifie /di.vɛʁ.si.fi/	—	diversifions /di.vɛʁ.si.fjɔ̃/	diversifiez /di.vɛʁ.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).

Further reading

• “diversifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.