calcifier

English

Etymology

From calcify +‎ -er.

Noun

calcifier (plural calcifiers)

1. Something which calcifies; an agent of calcification.
   • 2014, Elizabeth Kolbert, The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History, Picador, →ISBN, page 121:

     Many species of coral are calcifiers; this is how they construct the towering structures that become reefs.

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French

Etymology

calcium +‎ -ifier

Verb

calcifier

1. to calcify

Conjugation

Conjugation of calcifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	calcifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	calcifiant /kal.si.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		calcifié /kal.si.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	calcifie /kal.si.fi/	calcifies /kal.si.fi/	calcifie /kal.si.fi/	calcifions /kal.si.fjɔ̃/	calcifiez /kal.si.fje/	calcifient /kal.si.fi/
	imperfect	calcifiais /kal.si.fjɛ/	calcifiais /kal.si.fjɛ/	calcifiait /kal.si.fjɛ/	calcifiions /kal.si.fi.jɔ̃/	calcifiiez /kal.si.fi.je/	calcifiaient /kal.si.fjɛ/
	past historic2	calcifiai /kal.si.fje/	calcifias /kal.si.fja/	calcifia /kal.si.fja/	calcifiâmes /kal.si.fjam/	calcifiâtes /kal.si.fjat/	calcifièrent /kal.si.fjɛʁ/
	future	calcifierai /kal.si.fi.ʁe/	calcifieras /kal.si.fi.ʁa/	calcifiera /kal.si.fi.ʁa/	calcifierons /kal.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/	calcifierez /kal.si.fi.ʁe/	calcifieront /kal.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	calcifierais /kal.si.fi.ʁɛ/	calcifierais /kal.si.fi.ʁɛ/	calcifierait /kal.si.fi.ʁɛ/	calcifierions /kal.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	calcifieriez /kal.si.fi.ʁje/	calcifieraient /kal.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	calcifie /kal.si.fi/	calcifies /kal.si.fi/	calcifie /kal.si.fi/	calcifiions /kal.si.fi.jɔ̃/	calcifiiez /kal.si.fi.je/	calcifient /kal.si.fi/
	imperfect2	calcifiasse /kal.si.fjas/	calcifiasses /kal.si.fjas/	calcifiât /kal.si.fja/	calcifiassions /kal.si.fja.sjɔ̃/	calcifiassiez /kal.si.fja.sje/	calcifiassent /kal.si.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	calcifie /kal.si.fi/	—	calcifions /kal.si.fjɔ̃/	calcifiez /kal.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).

Derived terms

• décalcifier (“to decalcify”)
• recalcifier

Further reading

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