magnifier

English

Etymology

From magnify +‎ -er.

Noun

magnifier (plural magnifiers)

1. That which magnifies.
   1. One who extols.
   2. A magnifying glass.

Derived terms

• biomagnifier
• Coddington magnifier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin magnificāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.ɲi.fje/

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Verb

magnifier

1. to exalt with praise; usually in reference to God

Conjugation

Conjugation of magnifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	magnifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	magnifiant /ma.ɲi.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		magnifié /ma.ɲi.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	magnifie /ma.ɲi.fi/	magnifies /ma.ɲi.fi/	magnifie /ma.ɲi.fi/	magnifions /ma.ɲi.fjɔ̃/	magnifiez /ma.ɲi.fje/	magnifient /ma.ɲi.fi/
	imperfect	magnifiais /ma.ɲi.fjɛ/	magnifiais /ma.ɲi.fjɛ/	magnifiait /ma.ɲi.fjɛ/	magnifiions /ma.ɲi.fi.jɔ̃/	magnifiiez /ma.ɲi.fi.je/	magnifiaient /ma.ɲi.fjɛ/
	past historic2	magnifiai /ma.ɲi.fje/	magnifias /ma.ɲi.fja/	magnifia /ma.ɲi.fja/	magnifiâmes /ma.ɲi.fjam/	magnifiâtes /ma.ɲi.fjat/	magnifièrent /ma.ɲi.fjɛʁ/
	future	magnifierai /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁe/	magnifieras /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁa/	magnifiera /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁa/	magnifierons /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁɔ̃/	magnifierez /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁe/	magnifieront /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	magnifierais /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	magnifierais /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	magnifierait /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁɛ/	magnifierions /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	magnifieriez /ma.ɲi.fi.ʁje/	magnifieraient /ma.ɲi.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	magnifie /ma.ɲi.fi/	magnifies /ma.ɲi.fi/	magnifie /ma.ɲi.fi/	magnifiions /ma.ɲi.fi.jɔ̃/	magnifiiez /ma.ɲi.fi.je/	magnifient /ma.ɲi.fi/
	imperfect2	magnifiasse /ma.ɲi.fjas/	magnifiasses /ma.ɲi.fjas/	magnifiât /ma.ɲi.fja/	magnifiassions /ma.ɲi.fja.sjɔ̃/	magnifiassiez /ma.ɲi.fja.sje/	magnifiassent /ma.ɲi.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	magnifie /ma.ɲi.fi/	—	magnifions /ma.ɲi.fjɔ̃/	magnifiez /ma.ɲi.fje/	—
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

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