purifier
English
Etymology
Noun
purifier (plural purifiers)
- A person or device that purifies (by removing impurities).
Derived terms
Translations
device that purifies
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person that purifies
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French
Etymology
Loaned from Latin pūrificāre, from pūrus (“pure; clean”).
Pronunciation
Verb
purifier
Conjugation
Conjugation of purifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | purifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | purifiant /py.ʁi.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | purifié /py.ʁi.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | purifie /py.ʁi.fi/ |
purifies /py.ʁi.fi/ |
purifie /py.ʁi.fi/ |
purifions /py.ʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
purifiez /py.ʁi.fje/ |
purifient /py.ʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect | purifiais /py.ʁi.fjɛ/ |
purifiais /py.ʁi.fjɛ/ |
purifiait /py.ʁi.fjɛ/ |
purifiions /py.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ |
purifiiez /py.ʁi.fi.je/ |
purifiaient /py.ʁi.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | purifiai /py.ʁi.fje/ |
purifias /py.ʁi.fja/ |
purifia /py.ʁi.fja/ |
purifiâmes /py.ʁi.fjam/ |
purifiâtes /py.ʁi.fjat/ |
purifièrent /py.ʁi.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | purifierai /py.ʁi.fi.ʁe/ |
purifieras /py.ʁi.fi.ʁa/ |
purifiera /py.ʁi.fi.ʁa/ |
purifierons /py.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
purifierez /py.ʁi.fi.ʁe/ |
purifieront /py.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | purifierais /py.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
purifierais /py.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
purifierait /py.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
purifierions /py.ʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
purifieriez /py.ʁi.fi.ʁje/ |
purifieraient /py.ʁi.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 | purifie /py.ʁi.fi/ |
purifies /py.ʁi.fi/ |
purifie /py.ʁi.fi/ |
purifiions /py.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ |
purifiiez /py.ʁi.fi.je/ |
purifient /py.ʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | purifiasse /py.ʁi.fjas/ |
purifiasses /py.ʁi.fjas/ |
purifiât /py.ʁi.fja/ |
purifiassions /py.ʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
purifiassiez /py.ʁi.fja.sje/ |
purifiassent /py.ʁi.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | purifie /py.ʁi.fi/ |
— | purifions /py.ʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
purifiez /py.ʁi.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “purifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012