unifier
English
Etymology
Noun
unifier (plural unifiers)
- Agent noun of unify; one who unifies.
- 1987 February 8, Kim Westheimer, “Community Ctr. Incorporates”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 29, page 3:
- According to the by-laws, the center's purpose is "to be a unifier for organizations and individuals in greater Boston's lesbian and gay community... [and to] assist in the provision of health, education, religious, social, cultural and recreational services to the community."
Synonyms
- (one who unifies): harmonizer, integrator, mediator, reconciler, uniter, consolidator
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French unifier, borrowed from Late Latin unificare.
Pronunciation
Verb
unifier
- to unify
Conjugation
Conjugation of unifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | unifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | unifiant /y.ni.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | unifié /y.ni.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | unifie /y.ni.fi/ |
unifies /y.ni.fi/ |
unifie /y.ni.fi/ |
unifions /y.ni.fjɔ̃/ |
unifiez /y.ni.fje/ |
unifient /y.ni.fi/ |
| imperfect | unifiais /y.ni.fjɛ/ |
unifiais /y.ni.fjɛ/ |
unifiait /y.ni.fjɛ/ |
unifiions /y.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ |
unifiiez /y.ni.fi.je/ |
unifiaient /y.ni.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | unifiai /y.ni.fje/ |
unifias /y.ni.fja/ |
unifia /y.ni.fja/ |
unifiâmes /y.ni.fjam/ |
unifiâtes /y.ni.fjat/ |
unifièrent /y.ni.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | unifierai /y.ni.fi.ʁe/ |
unifieras /y.ni.fi.ʁa/ |
unifiera /y.ni.fi.ʁa/ |
unifierons /y.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
unifierez /y.ni.fi.ʁe/ |
unifieront /y.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | unifierais /y.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ |
unifierais /y.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ |
unifierait /y.ni.fi.ʁɛ/ |
unifierions /y.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
unifieriez /y.ni.fi.ʁje/ |
unifieraient /y.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 | unifie /y.ni.fi/ |
unifies /y.ni.fi/ |
unifie /y.ni.fi/ |
unifiions /y.ni.fi.jɔ̃/ |
unifiiez /y.ni.fi.je/ |
unifient /y.ni.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | unifiasse /y.ni.fjas/ |
unifiasses /y.ni.fjas/ |
unifiât /y.ni.fja/ |
unifiassions /y.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
unifiassiez /y.ni.fja.sje/ |
unifiassent /y.ni.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | unifie /y.ni.fi/ |
— | unifions /y.ni.fjɔ̃/ |
unifiez /y.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- réunifier (“to reunite, reunify”)
Further reading
- “unifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012