justicier

French

Etymology

From justice +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʒys.ti.sje/

Noun

justicier m (plural justiciers, feminine justicière)

1. A justicer (an upholder of the law)
2. A justice (a judge)
3. (historical) A justiciar or justiciary (a high-ranking medieval judge)

Further reading

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

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Old French

Alternative forms

• justiser
• justisier

Etymology

justice +‎ -ier, or from an unattested Latin *iustitiō.

Verb

justicier

1. to judge; to apply justice; to serve justice
   • 12^th Century, Unknown, Raoul de Cambrai:

     Ains q'il soit vespres t'arai ci justicié

     I will service justice on you before it's evening

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -ier, with a palatal stem. These verbs are conjugated mostly like verbs in -er, but there is an extra i before the e of some endings. The forms that would normally end in *-c, *-cs, *-ct are modified to z, z, zt. In addition, c becomes ç before an a, o or u to keep the /ts/ sound intact. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of justicier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		justicier			avoir justicié
gerund		en justiçant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		justiçant
past participle		justicié
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	justiz	justices	justice	justiçons	justiciez	justicent
	imperfect	justiçoie, justiceie, justiçoe, justicieve	justiçoies, justiceies, justiçoes, justicieves	justiçoit, justiceit, justiçot, justicieve	justiciiens, justiciens	justiciiez, justiciez	justiçoient, justiceient, justiçoent, justicievent
	preterite	justiçai	justiças	justiça	justiçames	justiçastes	justicierent
	future	justicerai	justiceras	justicera	justicerons	justiceroiz, justicereiz, justicerez	justiceront
	conditional	justiceroie, justicereie	justiceroies, justicereies	justiceroit, justicereit	justiceriiens, justiceriens	justiceriiez, justiceriez	justiceroient, justicereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	justiz	justiz	justizt	justiçons	justiciez	justicent
	imperfect	justiçasse	justiçasses	justiçast	justicissons, justicissiens	justicissoiz, justicissez, justicissiez	justiçassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	justice	—	justiçons	justiciez	—

Further reading

• “justicier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (justicier)