massifier

English

Etymology

Blend of mass +‎ classifier, or massify +‎ -er.

Noun

massifier (plural massifiers)

1. (linguistics) A kind of classifier that results in a mass noun rather than singling out a discrete unit.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

massifier

1. to massify

Conjugation

Conjugation of massifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	massifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	massifiant /ma.si.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		massifié /ma.si.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	massifie /ma.si.fi/	massifies /ma.si.fi/	massifie /ma.si.fi/	massifions /ma.si.fjɔ̃/	massifiez /ma.si.fje/	massifient /ma.si.fi/
	imperfect	massifiais /ma.si.fjɛ/	massifiais /ma.si.fjɛ/	massifiait /ma.si.fjɛ/	massifiions /ma.si.fi.jɔ̃/	massifiiez /ma.si.fi.je/	massifiaient /ma.si.fjɛ/
	past historic2	massifiai /ma.si.fje/	massifias /ma.si.fja/	massifia /ma.si.fja/	massifiâmes /ma.si.fjam/	massifiâtes /ma.si.fjat/	massifièrent /ma.si.fjɛʁ/
	future	massifierai /ma.si.fi.ʁe/	massifieras /ma.si.fi.ʁa/	massifiera /ma.si.fi.ʁa/	massifierons /ma.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/	massifierez /ma.si.fi.ʁe/	massifieront /ma.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	massifierais /ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/	massifierais /ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/	massifierait /ma.si.fi.ʁɛ/	massifierions /ma.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	massifieriez /ma.si.fi.ʁje/	massifieraient /ma.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	massifie /ma.si.fi/	massifies /ma.si.fi/	massifie /ma.si.fi/	massifiions /ma.si.fi.jɔ̃/	massifiiez /ma.si.fi.je/	massifient /ma.si.fi/
	imperfect2	massifiasse /ma.si.fjas/	massifiasses /ma.si.fjas/	massifiât /ma.si.fja/	massifiassions /ma.si.fja.sjɔ̃/	massifiassiez /ma.si.fja.sje/	massifiassent /ma.si.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	massifie /ma.si.fi/	—	massifions /ma.si.fjɔ̃/	massifiez /ma.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

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