opacifier

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English

Etymology

From opacify +‎ -er.

Noun

opacifier (plural opacifiers)

  1. (chemistry) a chemical agent added to a material, such as rocket propellant, to make it opaque
  2. (figuratively) an extraneous agent or vehicle which, intentionally otherwise, makes something opaque

French

Etymology

From opaque +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɔ.pa.si.fje/
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Verb

opacifier

  1. (transitive) to opacify

Conjugation

Conjugation of opacifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple opacifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple opacifiant
/ɔ.pa.si.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle opacifié
/ɔ.pa.si.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present opacifie
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/ 		opacifies
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/ 		opacifie
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/ 		opacifions
/ɔ.pa.si.fjɔ̃/ 		opacifiez
/ɔ.pa.si.fje/ 		opacifient
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/
imperfect opacifiais
/ɔ.pa.si.fjɛ/ 		opacifiais
/ɔ.pa.si.fjɛ/ 		opacifiait
/ɔ.pa.si.fjɛ/ 		opacifiions
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.jɔ̃/ 		opacifiiez
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.je/ 		opacifiaient
/ɔ.pa.si.fjɛ/
past historic2 opacifiai
/ɔ.pa.si.fje/ 		opacifias
/ɔ.pa.si.fja/ 		opacifia
/ɔ.pa.si.fja/ 		opacifiâmes
/ɔ.pa.si.fjam/ 		opacifiâtes
/ɔ.pa.si.fjat/ 		opacifièrent
/ɔ.pa.si.fjɛʁ/
future opacifierai
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁe/ 		opacifieras
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁa/ 		opacifiera
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁa/ 		opacifierons
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		opacifierez
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁe/ 		opacifieront
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional opacifierais
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		opacifierais
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		opacifierait
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁɛ/ 		opacifierions
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		opacifieriez
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.ʁje/ 		opacifieraient
/ɔ.pa.si.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 opacifie
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/ 		opacifies
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/ 		opacifie
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/ 		opacifiions
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.jɔ̃/ 		opacifiiez
/ɔ.pa.si.fi.je/ 		opacifient
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/
imperfect2 opacifiasse
/ɔ.pa.si.fjas/ 		opacifiasses
/ɔ.pa.si.fjas/ 		opacifiât
/ɔ.pa.si.fja/ 		opacifiassions
/ɔ.pa.si.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		opacifiassiez
/ɔ.pa.si.fja.sje/ 		opacifiassent
/ɔ.pa.si.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — opacifie
/ɔ.pa.si.fi/ 		— opacifions
/ɔ.pa.si.fjɔ̃/ 		opacifiez
/ɔ.pa.si.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).

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