intensifier

English

Etymology

intensify +‎ -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.

Noun

intensifier ‎(plural intensifiers)

1. That which intensifies.
2. (linguistics) A word or particle that heightens or lowers the intensity of meaning of an item.
3. (photography) An agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.

Antonyms

• (ling.): downtoner

See also

• Category:English intensifiers

References

• Intensifier at SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *intensificare

Pronunciation

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Verb

intensifier

1. to intensify

Conjugation

  Conjugation of intensifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		intensifier			avoir intensifié
gerund		en intensifiant			en ayant intensifié
present participle		intensifiant /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɑ̃/
past participle		intensifié /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/	intensifies /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/	intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/	intensifions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɔ̃/	intensifiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/	intensifient /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/
	imperfect	intensifiais /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛ/	intensifiais /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛ/	intensifiait /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛ/	intensifiions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.jɔ̃/	intensifiiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.je/	intensifiaient /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛ/
	past historic1	intensifiai /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/	intensifias /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja/	intensifia /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja/	intensifiâmes /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjam/	intensifiâtes /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjat/	intensifièrent /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɛʁ/
	future	intensifierai /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁe/	intensifieras /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁa/	intensifiera /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁa/	intensifierons /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/	intensifierez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁe/	intensifieront /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	intensifierais /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɛ/	intensifierais /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɛ/	intensifierait /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɛ/	intensifierions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	intensifieriez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁje/	intensifieraient /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.ʁɛ/
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	intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/	intensifies /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/	intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/	intensifiions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.jɔ̃/	intensifiiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi.je/	intensifient /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/
	imperfect1	intensifiasse /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjas/	intensifiasses /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjas/	intensifiât /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja/	intensifiassions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja.sjɔ̃/	intensifiassiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fja.sje/	intensifiassent /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/	—	intensifions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɔ̃/	intensifiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/	—
1literary tenses

Anagrams

• Finistérien, finistérien, résinifient

External links

• “intensifier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).