vinifier

French

Etymology

From vin (“wine”) +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

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Verb

vinifier

1. to make into wine; to vinify

Conjugation

Conjugation of vinifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	vinifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	vinifiant /vi.ni.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		vinifié /vi.ni.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	vinifie /vi.ni.fi/	vinifies /vi.ni.fi/	vinifie /vi.ni.fi/	vinifions /vi.ni.fjɔ̃/	vinifiez /vi.ni.fje/	vinifient /vi.ni.fi/
	imperfect	vinifiais /vi.ni.fjɛ/	vinifiais /vi.ni.fjɛ/	vinifiait /vi.ni.fjɛ/	vinifiions /vi.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	vinifiiez /vi.ni.fi.je/	vinifiaient /vi.ni.fjɛ/
	past historic2	vinifiai /vi.ni.fje/	vinifias /vi.ni.fja/	vinifia /vi.ni.fja/	vinifiâmes /vi.ni.fjam/	vinifiâtes /vi.ni.fjat/	vinifièrent /vi.ni.fjɛʁ/
	future	vinifierai /vi.ni.fi.ʁe/	vinifieras /vi.ni.fi.ʁa/	vinifiera /vi.ni.fi.ʁa/	vinifierons /vi.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/	vinifierez /vi.ni.fi.ʁe/	vinifieront /vi.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	vinifierais /vi.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	vinifierais /vi.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	vinifierait /vi.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	vinifierions /vi.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	vinifieriez /vi.ni.fi.ʁje/	vinifieraient /vi.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	vinifie /vi.ni.fi/	vinifies /vi.ni.fi/	vinifie /vi.ni.fi/	vinifiions /vi.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	vinifiiez /vi.ni.fi.je/	vinifient /vi.ni.fi/
	imperfect2	vinifiasse /vi.ni.fjas/	vinifiasses /vi.ni.fjas/	vinifiât /vi.ni.fja/	vinifiassions /vi.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/	vinifiassiez /vi.ni.fja.sje/	vinifiassent /vi.ni.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	vinifie /vi.ni.fi/	—	vinifions /vi.ni.fjɔ̃/	vinifiez /vi.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).

Further reading

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