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) An agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a picture.
Antonyms[edit]
- (ling.): downtoner
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- Intensifier at SIL Glossary of Linguistic Terms
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
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Verb[edit]
intensifier
- to intensify
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of intensifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | intensifier | avoir intensifié | |||||
| gerund | en intensifiant | en ayant intensifié | |||||
| present participle | intensifiant /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | intensifié /ɛ̃.tɑ̃.si.fje/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “intensifier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
