insignifier

French

Etymology

Back-formation from insignifiant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fje/

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Verb

insignifier

1. (rare) to belittle

Conjugation

Conjugation of insignifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	insignifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	insignifiant /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		insignifié /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	insignifie /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/	insignifies /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/	insignifie /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/	insignifions /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɔ̃/	insignifiez /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fje/	insignifient /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/
	imperfect	insignifiais /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɛ/	insignifiais /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɛ/	insignifiait /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɛ/	insignifiions /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.jɔ̃/	insignifiiez /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.je/	insignifiaient /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɛ/
	past historic2	insignifiai /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fje/	insignifias /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fja/	insignifia /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fja/	insignifiâmes /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjam/	insignifiâtes /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjat/	insignifièrent /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɛʁ/
	future	insignifierai /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁe/	insignifieras /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁa/	insignifiera /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁa/	insignifierons /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁɔ̃/	insignifierez /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁe/	insignifieront /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	insignifierais /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	insignifierais /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	insignifierait /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	insignifierions /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	insignifieriez /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.ʁje/	insignifieraient /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.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	insignifie /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/	insignifies /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/	insignifie /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/	insignifiions /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.jɔ̃/	insignifiiez /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi.je/	insignifient /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/
	imperfect2	insignifiasse /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjas/	insignifiasses /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjas/	insignifiât /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fja/	insignifiassions /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fja.sjɔ̃/	insignifiassiez /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fja.sje/	insignifiassent /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	insignifie /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fi/	—	insignifions /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.fjɔ̃/	insignifiez /ɛ̃.si.ɲi.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).