pétrifier

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See also: petrifier

French

Etymology

From Latin petra (“stone, rock”) +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pe.tʁi.fje/
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Verb

pétrifier

  1. (transitive) to petrify (to turn to stone)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to petrify, to paralyze (to freeze with fear)
    Synonym: figer

Conjugation

Conjugation of pétrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pétrifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pétrifiant
/pe.tʁi.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pétrifié
/pe.tʁi.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/ 		pétrifies
/pe.tʁi.fi/ 		pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/ 		pétrifions
/pe.tʁi.fjɔ̃/ 		pétrifiez
/pe.tʁi.fje/ 		pétrifient
/pe.tʁi.fi/
imperfect pétrifiais
/pe.tʁi.fjɛ/ 		pétrifiais
/pe.tʁi.fjɛ/ 		pétrifiait
/pe.tʁi.fjɛ/ 		pétrifiions
/pe.tʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ 		pétrifiiez
/pe.tʁi.fi.je/ 		pétrifiaient
/pe.tʁi.fjɛ/
past historic2 pétrifiai
/pe.tʁi.fje/ 		pétrifias
/pe.tʁi.fja/ 		pétrifia
/pe.tʁi.fja/ 		pétrifiâmes
/pe.tʁi.fjam/ 		pétrifiâtes
/pe.tʁi.fjat/ 		pétrifièrent
/pe.tʁi.fjɛʁ/
future pétrifierai
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁe/ 		pétrifieras
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁa/ 		pétrifiera
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁa/ 		pétrifierons
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		pétrifierez
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁe/ 		pétrifieront
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pétrifierais
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ 		pétrifierais
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ 		pétrifierait
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ 		pétrifierions
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pétrifieriez
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁje/ 		pétrifieraient
/pe.tʁi.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 pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/ 		pétrifies
/pe.tʁi.fi/ 		pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/ 		pétrifiions
/pe.tʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ 		pétrifiiez
/pe.tʁi.fi.je/ 		pétrifient
/pe.tʁi.fi/
imperfect2 pétrifiasse
/pe.tʁi.fjas/ 		pétrifiasses
/pe.tʁi.fjas/ 		pétrifiât
/pe.tʁi.fja/ 		pétrifiassions
/pe.tʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		pétrifiassiez
/pe.tʁi.fja.sje/ 		pétrifiassent
/pe.tʁi.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/ 		— pétrifions
/pe.tʁi.fjɔ̃/ 		pétrifiez
/pe.tʁi.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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