intensifier
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
intensify + -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.
Noun[edit]
intensifier (plural intensifiers)
- That which intensifies.
- (linguistics) A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.
- (photography) A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.
Translations[edit]
that which intensifies
a word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term
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a chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
intensifier
- to intensify
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of intensifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | intensifier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | intensifiant /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | intensifié /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(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 historic2 | 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 | 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 | 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/ |
imperfect2 | 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 | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | intensifie /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fi/ |
— | intensifions /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɔ̃/ |
intensifiez /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/ |
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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, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “intensifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Categories:
- English words suffixed with -er (agent noun)
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Linguistics
- en:Photography
- French words suffixed with -ifier
- French 4-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French verbs
- French verbs with conjugation -er
- French first group verbs