russifier

See also: Russifier

French

Etymology

From russe (“Russian”) +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁy.si.fje/

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Verb

russifier

1. to Russify

Conjugation

Conjugation of russifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	russifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	russifiant /ʁy.si.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		russifié /ʁy.si.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	russifie /ʁy.si.fi/	russifies /ʁy.si.fi/	russifie /ʁy.si.fi/	russifions /ʁy.si.fjɔ̃/	russifiez /ʁy.si.fje/	russifient /ʁy.si.fi/
	imperfect	russifiais /ʁy.si.fjɛ/	russifiais /ʁy.si.fjɛ/	russifiait /ʁy.si.fjɛ/	russifiions /ʁy.si.fi.jɔ̃/	russifiiez /ʁy.si.fi.je/	russifiaient /ʁy.si.fjɛ/
	past historic2	russifiai /ʁy.si.fje/	russifias /ʁy.si.fja/	russifia /ʁy.si.fja/	russifiâmes /ʁy.si.fjam/	russifiâtes /ʁy.si.fjat/	russifièrent /ʁy.si.fjɛʁ/
	future	russifierai /ʁy.si.fi.ʁe/	russifieras /ʁy.si.fi.ʁa/	russifiera /ʁy.si.fi.ʁa/	russifierons /ʁy.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/	russifierez /ʁy.si.fi.ʁe/	russifieront /ʁy.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	russifierais /ʁy.si.fi.ʁɛ/	russifierais /ʁy.si.fi.ʁɛ/	russifierait /ʁy.si.fi.ʁɛ/	russifierions /ʁy.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	russifieriez /ʁy.si.fi.ʁje/	russifieraient /ʁy.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	russifie /ʁy.si.fi/	russifies /ʁy.si.fi/	russifie /ʁy.si.fi/	russifiions /ʁy.si.fi.jɔ̃/	russifiiez /ʁy.si.fi.je/	russifient /ʁy.si.fi/
	imperfect2	russifiasse /ʁy.si.fjas/	russifiasses /ʁy.si.fjas/	russifiât /ʁy.si.fja/	russifiassions /ʁy.si.fja.sjɔ̃/	russifiassiez /ʁy.si.fja.sje/	russifiassent /ʁy.si.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	russifie /ʁy.si.fi/	—	russifions /ʁy.si.fjɔ̃/	russifiez /ʁy.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).

Derived terms

• russification

Further reading

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