centrifuger

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

centrifuger

  1. to centrifuge

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written centrifuge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of centrifuger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple centrifuger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple centrifugeant
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle centrifugé
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present centrifuge
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/ 		centrifuges
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/ 		centrifuge
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/ 		centrifugeons
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒɔ̃/ 		centrifugez
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒe/ 		centrifugent
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/
imperfect centrifugeais
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒɛ/ 		centrifugeais
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒɛ/ 		centrifugeait
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒɛ/ 		centrifugions
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒjɔ̃/ 		centrifugiez
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒje/ 		centrifugeaient
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒɛ/
past historic2 centrifugeai
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒe/ 		centrifugeas
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒa/ 		centrifugea
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒa/ 		centrifugeâmes
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒam/ 		centrifugeâtes
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒat/ 		centrifugèrent
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒɛʁ/
future centrifugerai
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁe/ 		centrifugeras
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁa/ 		centrifugera
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁa/ 		centrifugerons
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/ 		centrifugerez
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁe/ 		centrifugeront
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional centrifugerais
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		centrifugerais
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		centrifugerait
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.ʁɛ/ 		centrifugerions
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		centrifugeriez
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒə.ʁje/ 		centrifugeraient
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ.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 centrifuge
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/ 		centrifuges
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/ 		centrifuge
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/ 		centrifugions
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒjɔ̃/ 		centrifugiez
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒje/ 		centrifugent
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/
imperfect2 centrifugeasse
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒas/ 		centrifugeasses
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒas/ 		centrifugeât
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒa/ 		centrifugeassions
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		centrifugeassiez
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒa.sje/ 		centrifugeassent
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — centrifuge
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fyʒ/ 		— centrifugeons
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒɔ̃/ 		centrifugez
/sɑ̃.tʁi.fy.ʒe/ 		—
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).

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Noun

centrifuger

  1. indefinite plural of centrifug
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