lixivier

French

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin lixivia (see lessive), or borrowed from a Medieval Latin lixiviāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lik.si.vje/

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Verb

lixivier

1. (transitive) to leach, lixiviate

Conjugation

Conjugation of lixivier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	lixivier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	lixiviant /lik.si.vjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		lixivié /lik.si.vje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	lixivie /lik.si.vi/	lixivies /lik.si.vi/	lixivie /lik.si.vi/	lixivions /lik.si.vjɔ̃/	lixiviez /lik.si.vje/	lixivient /lik.si.vi/
	imperfect	lixiviais /lik.si.vjɛ/	lixiviais /lik.si.vjɛ/	lixiviait /lik.si.vjɛ/	lixiviions /lik.si.vi.jɔ̃/	lixiviiez /lik.si.vi.je/	lixiviaient /lik.si.vjɛ/
	past historic2	lixiviai /lik.si.vje/	lixivias /lik.si.vja/	lixivia /lik.si.vja/	lixiviâmes /lik.si.vjam/	lixiviâtes /lik.si.vjat/	lixivièrent /lik.si.vjɛʁ/
	future	lixivierai /lik.si.vi.ʁe/	lixivieras /lik.si.vi.ʁa/	lixiviera /lik.si.vi.ʁa/	lixivierons /lik.si.vi.ʁɔ̃/	lixivierez /lik.si.vi.ʁe/	lixivieront /lik.si.vi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	lixivierais /lik.si.vi.ʁɛ/	lixivierais /lik.si.vi.ʁɛ/	lixivierait /lik.si.vi.ʁɛ/	lixivierions /lik.si.vi.ʁjɔ̃/	lixivieriez /lik.si.vi.ʁje/	lixivieraient /lik.si.vi.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	lixivie /lik.si.vi/	lixivies /lik.si.vi/	lixivie /lik.si.vi/	lixiviions /lik.si.vi.jɔ̃/	lixiviiez /lik.si.vi.je/	lixivient /lik.si.vi/
	imperfect2	lixiviasse /lik.si.vjas/	lixiviasses /lik.si.vjas/	lixiviât /lik.si.vja/	lixiviassions /lik.si.vja.sjɔ̃/	lixiviassiez /lik.si.vja.sje/	lixiviassent /lik.si.vjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	lixivie /lik.si.vi/	—	lixivions /lik.si.vjɔ̃/	lixiviez /lik.si.vje/	—
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).

Further reading

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