sonifier

English

Etymology

From sonify +‎ -er.

Noun

sonifier (plural sonifiers)

1. A device for subjecting a sample to sonic waves.
   • 1998, Mark Doolittle, Karen Reue, Lipase and Phospholipase Protocols, →ISBN, page 117:

     The tip should be calibrated with the sonifier against sonic pressure.

   • 2006, Stephen R. Schmidt, Catalysis of Organic Reactions: Twenty-first Conference, →ISBN, page 215:

     During control (magnetically stirred/silent-MS) experiments, the reactor was connected to the sonifier probe assembly, purged and then pressurized with hydrogen (60 psig).

   • 2008, Antonia Vlahou, Clinical Proteomics: Methods and Protocols, →ISBN, page 186:

     To break the cells, set the digital sonifier amplitude at 16%.

Synonyms

• sonificator

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ.ni.fje/

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Verb

sonifier

1. to sonify (to translate data into sound)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sonifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sonifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sonifiant /sɔ.ni.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sonifié /sɔ.ni.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sonifie /sɔ.ni.fi/	sonifies /sɔ.ni.fi/	sonifie /sɔ.ni.fi/	sonifions /sɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/	sonifiez /sɔ.ni.fje/	sonifient /sɔ.ni.fi/
	imperfect	sonifiais /sɔ.ni.fjɛ/	sonifiais /sɔ.ni.fjɛ/	sonifiait /sɔ.ni.fjɛ/	sonifiions /sɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	sonifiiez /sɔ.ni.fi.je/	sonifiaient /sɔ.ni.fjɛ/
	past historic2	sonifiai /sɔ.ni.fje/	sonifias /sɔ.ni.fja/	sonifia /sɔ.ni.fja/	sonifiâmes /sɔ.ni.fjam/	sonifiâtes /sɔ.ni.fjat/	sonifièrent /sɔ.ni.fjɛʁ/
	future	sonifierai /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/	sonifieras /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/	sonifiera /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁa/	sonifierons /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/	sonifierez /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁe/	sonifieront /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sonifierais /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	sonifierais /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	sonifierait /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	sonifierions /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	sonifieriez /sɔ.ni.fi.ʁje/	sonifieraient /sɔ.ni.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	sonifie /sɔ.ni.fi/	sonifies /sɔ.ni.fi/	sonifie /sɔ.ni.fi/	sonifiions /sɔ.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	sonifiiez /sɔ.ni.fi.je/	sonifient /sɔ.ni.fi/
	imperfect2	sonifiasse /sɔ.ni.fjas/	sonifiasses /sɔ.ni.fjas/	sonifiât /sɔ.ni.fja/	sonifiassions /sɔ.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/	sonifiassiez /sɔ.ni.fja.sje/	sonifiassent /sɔ.ni.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sonifie /sɔ.ni.fi/	—	sonifions /sɔ.ni.fjɔ̃/	sonifiez /sɔ.ni.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).

Related terms

• sonification