abêtifier

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French

Etymology

From a- +‎ bête (“stupid, inept”) +‎ -ifier (“-ify”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /a.bɛ.ti.fje/ ~ /a.be.ti.fje/
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Verb

abêtifier

  1. to make dumb, stupid
  2. (reflexive) to become dumb, stupid

Conjugation

Conjugation of abêtifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple abêtifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple abêtifiant
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɑ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle abêtifié
/a.bɛ.ti.fje/ or /a.be.ti.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present abêtifie
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/ 		abêtifies
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/ 		abêtifie
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/ 		abêtifions
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		abêtifiez
/a.bɛ.ti.fje/ or /a.be.ti.fje/ 		abêtifient
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/
imperfect abêtifiais
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /a.be.ti.fjɛ/ 		abêtifiais
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /a.be.ti.fjɛ/ 		abêtifiait
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /a.be.ti.fjɛ/ 		abêtifiions
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		abêtifiiez
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /a.be.ti.fi.je/ 		abêtifiaient
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /a.be.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 abêtifiai
/a.bɛ.ti.fje/ or /a.be.ti.fje/ 		abêtifias
/a.bɛ.ti.fja/ or /a.be.ti.fja/ 		abêtifia
/a.bɛ.ti.fja/ or /a.be.ti.fja/ 		abêtifiâmes
/a.bɛ.ti.fjam/ or /a.be.ti.fjam/ 		abêtifiâtes
/a.bɛ.ti.fjat/ or /a.be.ti.fjat/ 		abêtifièrent
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɛʁ/ or /a.be.ti.fjɛʁ/
future abêtifierai
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		abêtifieras
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		abêtifiera
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		abêtifierons
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		abêtifierez
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		abêtifieront
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional abêtifierais
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		abêtifierais
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		abêtifierait
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		abêtifierions
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		abêtifieriez
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁje/ or /a.be.ti.fi.ʁje/ 		abêtifieraient
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /a.be.ti.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 abêtifie
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/ 		abêtifies
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/ 		abêtifie
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/ 		abêtifiions
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		abêtifiiez
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /a.be.ti.fi.je/ 		abêtifient
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/
imperfect2 abêtifiasse
/a.bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /a.be.ti.fjas/ 		abêtifiasses
/a.bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /a.be.ti.fjas/ 		abêtifiât
/a.bɛ.ti.fja/ or /a.be.ti.fja/ 		abêtifiassions
/a.bɛ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		abêtifiassiez
/a.bɛ.ti.fja.sje/ or /a.be.ti.fja.sje/ 		abêtifiassent
/a.bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /a.be.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abêtifie
/a.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /a.be.ti.fi/ 		— abêtifions
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /a.be.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		abêtifiez
/a.bɛ.ti.fje/ or /a.be.ti.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Conjugation of s'abêtifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple s'abêtifier
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple s’abêtifiant
/sa.bɛ.ti.fjɑ̃/ or /sa.be.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle abêtifié
/a.bɛ.ti.fje/ or /a.be.ti.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’abêtifie
/ma.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /ma.be.ti.fi/ 		t’abêtifies
/ta.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /ta.be.ti.fi/ 		s’abêtifie
/sa.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /sa.be.ti.fi/ 		nous abêtifions
/nu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		vous abêtifiez
/vu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fje/ or /vu.z‿a.be.ti.fje/ 		s’abêtifient
/sa.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /sa.be.ti.fi/
imperfect m’abêtifiais
/ma.bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /ma.be.ti.fjɛ/ 		t’abêtifiais
/ta.bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /ta.be.ti.fjɛ/ 		s’abêtifiait
/sa.bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /sa.be.ti.fjɛ/ 		nous abêtifiions
/nu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		vous abêtifiiez
/vu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /vu.z‿a.be.ti.fi.je/ 		s’abêtifiaient
/sa.bɛ.ti.fjɛ/ or /sa.be.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 m’abêtifiai
/ma.bɛ.ti.fje/ or /ma.be.ti.fje/ 		t’abêtifias
/ta.bɛ.ti.fja/ or /ta.be.ti.fja/ 		s’abêtifia
/sa.bɛ.ti.fja/ or /sa.be.ti.fja/ 		nous abêtifiâmes
/nu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fjam/ or /nu.z‿a.be.ti.fjam/ 		vous abêtifiâtes
/vu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fjat/ or /vu.z‿a.be.ti.fjat/ 		s’abêtifièrent
/sa.bɛ.ti.fjɛʁ/ or /sa.be.ti.fjɛʁ/
future m’abêtifierai
/ma.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /ma.be.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		t’abêtifieras
/ta.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /ta.be.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		s’abêtifiera
/sa.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁa/ or /sa.be.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		nous abêtifierons
/nu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		vous abêtifierez
/vu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁe/ or /vu.z‿a.be.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		s’abêtifieront
/sa.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ or /sa.be.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional m’abêtifierais
/ma.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /ma.be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		t’abêtifierais
/ta.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /ta.be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		s’abêtifierait
/sa.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /sa.be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		nous abêtifierions
/nu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		vous abêtifieriez
/vu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁje/ or /vu.z‿a.be.ti.fi.ʁje/ 		s’abêtifieraient
/sa.bɛ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ or /sa.be.ti.fi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present m’abêtifie
/ma.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /ma.be.ti.fi/ 		t’abêtifies
/ta.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /ta.be.ti.fi/ 		s’abêtifie
/sa.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /sa.be.ti.fi/ 		nous abêtifiions
/nu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		vous abêtifiiez
/vu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fi.je/ or /vu.z‿a.be.ti.fi.je/ 		s’abêtifient
/sa.bɛ.ti.fi/ or /sa.be.ti.fi/
imperfect2 m’abêtifiasse
/ma.bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /ma.be.ti.fjas/ 		t’abêtifiasses
/ta.bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /ta.be.ti.fjas/ 		s’abêtifiât
/sa.bɛ.ti.fja/ or /sa.be.ti.fja/ 		nous abêtifiassions
/nu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ or /nu.z‿a.be.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		vous abêtifiassiez
/vu.z‿a.bɛ.ti.fja.sje/ or /vu.z‿a.be.ti.fja.sje/ 		s’abêtifiassent
/sa.bɛ.ti.fjas/ or /sa.be.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — abêtifie-toi
/a.bɛ.ti.fi.twa/ or /a.be.ti.fi.twa/ 		— abêtifions-nous
/a.bɛ.ti.fjɔ̃.nu/ or /a.be.ti.fjɔ̃.nu/ 		abêtifiez-vous
/a.bɛ.ti.fje.vu/ or /a.be.ti.fje.vu/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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