versifier

English

Etymology

From Middle English versifiour, from Old French versifieor; equivalent to versify +‎ -er.

Noun

versifier (plural versifiers)

1. One who versifies.
2. (derogatory) An inferior poet.

Hypernyms

• poet

Translations

one who versifies

• Arabic: نَاظِم m (nāẓim)
• Georgian: გამლექსავი (gamleksavi), მოლექსე (molekse)
• Middle English: versifiour
• Romanian: versificator (ro) m

inferior poet

• Arabic: نَاظِم m (nāẓim)
• Romanian: poetastru (ro) m, poetaș (ro) m

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} stihotvorac (sh) m, ^{(please verify)} stihotvorkinja f

Anagrams

• verifiers

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French versifier, borrowed from Latin versificāre (“to put into verse”), from versus (“verse”) + faciō (“to make”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

versifier

1. to versify

Conjugation

Conjugation of versifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	versifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	versifiant /vɛʁ.si.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		versifié /vɛʁ.si.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	versifie /vɛʁ.si.fi/	versifies /vɛʁ.si.fi/	versifie /vɛʁ.si.fi/	versifions /vɛʁ.si.fjɔ̃/	versifiez /vɛʁ.si.fje/	versifient /vɛʁ.si.fi/
	imperfect	versifiais /vɛʁ.si.fjɛ/	versifiais /vɛʁ.si.fjɛ/	versifiait /vɛʁ.si.fjɛ/	versifiions /vɛʁ.si.fi.jɔ̃/	versifiiez /vɛʁ.si.fi.je/	versifiaient /vɛʁ.si.fjɛ/
	past historic2	versifiai /vɛʁ.si.fje/	versifias /vɛʁ.si.fja/	versifia /vɛʁ.si.fja/	versifiâmes /vɛʁ.si.fjam/	versifiâtes /vɛʁ.si.fjat/	versifièrent /vɛʁ.si.fjɛʁ/
	future	versifierai /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁe/	versifieras /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁa/	versifiera /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁa/	versifierons /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/	versifierez /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁe/	versifieront /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	versifierais /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	versifierais /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	versifierait /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁɛ/	versifierions /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	versifieriez /vɛʁ.si.fi.ʁje/	versifieraient /vɛʁ.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	versifie /vɛʁ.si.fi/	versifies /vɛʁ.si.fi/	versifie /vɛʁ.si.fi/	versifiions /vɛʁ.si.fi.jɔ̃/	versifiiez /vɛʁ.si.fi.je/	versifient /vɛʁ.si.fi/
	imperfect2	versifiasse /vɛʁ.si.fjas/	versifiasses /vɛʁ.si.fjas/	versifiât /vɛʁ.si.fja/	versifiassions /vɛʁ.si.fja.sjɔ̃/	versifiassiez /vɛʁ.si.fja.sje/	versifiassent /vɛʁ.si.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	versifie /vɛʁ.si.fi/	—	versifions /vɛʁ.si.fjɔ̃/	versifiez /vɛʁ.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “versifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle English

Noun

versifier

1. (Late Middle English) Alternative form of versifiour

Old French

Verb

versifier

1. to versify, to compose verses

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of versifier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		versifier			avoir versifïé
gerund		en versifiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		versifiant
past participle		versifïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	versifi	versifïes	versifïe	versifions	versifïez	versifïent
	imperfect	versifioie, versifïeie, versifioe, versifïeve	versifioies, versifïeies, versifioes, versifïeves	versifioit, versifïeit, versifiot, versifïeve	versifiiiens, versifiiens	versifiiiez, versifiiez	versifioient, versifïeient, versifioent, versifïevent
	preterite	versifiai	versifias	versifia	versifiames	versifiastes	versifïerent
	future	versifïerai	versifïeras	versifïera	versifïerons	versifïeroiz, versifïereiz, versifïerez	versifïeront
	conditional	versifïeroie, versifïereie	versifïeroies, versifïereies	versifïeroit, versifïereit	versifïeriiens, versifïeriens	versifïeriiez, versifïeriez	versifïeroient, versifïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	versifi	versifis	versifit	versifions	versifïez	versifïent
	imperfect	versifiasse	versifiasses	versifiast	versifiissons, versifiissiens	versifiissoiz, versifiissez, versifiissiez	versifiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	versifïe	—	versifions	versifïez	—

Descendants

• English: versify
• French: versifier