rectifier
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English [edit]
Noun [edit]
rectifier (plural rectifiers)
- Something that rectifies.
- A device that converts alternating current into direct current; often a diode.
- (nautical) An instrument used for determining and rectifying the variations of the compass on board ship.
Translations [edit]
something that rectifies
a device that converts alternating current into direct current
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Anagrams [edit]
French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old French rectifier, from Late Latin rectificō, rectificāre (“rectify, regulate, control”).
Pronunciation [edit]
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Verb [edit]
rectifier
- to rectify
Conjugation [edit]
Conjugation of rectifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rectifier | avoir rectifié | |||||
| gerund | en rectifiant | en ayant rectifié | |||||
| present participle | rectifiant | ||||||
| past participle | rectifié | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rectifie | rectifies | rectifie | rectifions | rectifiez | rectifient |
| imperfect | rectifiais | rectifiais | rectifiait | rectifiions | rectifiiez | rectifiaient | |
| past historic1 | rectifiai | rectifias | rectifia | rectifiâmes | rectifiâtes | rectifièrent | |
| future | rectifierai | rectifieras | rectifiera | rectifierons | rectifierez | rectifieront | |
| conditional | rectifierais | rectifierais | rectifierait | rectifierions | rectifieriez | rectifieraient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rectifie | rectifies | rectifie | rectifiions | rectifiiez | rectifient |
| imperfect1 | rectifiasse | rectifiasses | rectifiât | rectifiassions | rectifiassiez | rectifiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | rectifie | — | rectifions | rectifiez | — | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams [edit]
Old French [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Late Latin rectifico.
Verb [edit]
rectifier
- to rectify
Conjugation [edit]
- Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of rectifier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | rectifier | avoir rectifié, rectifiez | |||||
| gerund | en rectifiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | rectifiant | ||||||
| past participle | rectifié, rectifiez | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jeo, jou | tu | il | nos, nous | vos, vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rectifie | rectifies | rectifie | rectifions | rectifiez, rectifiés | rectifient |
| imperfect | rectifioe, rectifieie, rectifioie | rectifioes, rectifieies, rectifioies | rectifiot, rectifieit, rectifioit | rectifiions, rectifiiions | rectifiiez, rectifiiiez | rectifioent, rectifiient, rectifioient | |
| past historic | rectifia | rectifias | rectifia | rectifiames | rectifiastes | rectifierent | |
| future | rectifierai | rectifieras | rectifiera | rectifierons | rectifierez, rectifiereiz | rectifieront | |
| conditional | rectifieroe, rectifiereie, rectifieroie | rectifieroes, rectifiereied, rectifieroied | rectifierot, rectifiereie, rectifieroie | rectifierions, rectifieriions | rectifieriez, rectifieriiez | rectifieroent, rectifiereient, rectifieroient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jeo, jou | que tu | qu’il | que nos, nous | que vos, vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rectifie | rectifies | rectifie | rectifions | rectifiez | rectifient |
| imperfect | rectifiasse | rectifiasses | rectifiast | rectifiissons | rectifiissez, rectifiissiez | rectifiassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos, nous | vos, vous | – | |
| — | rectifie | — | rectifions | rectifiez | — | ||