nullifier

English

Etymology

From nullify +‎ -er.

Noun

nullifier (plural nullifiers)

1. One who, or that which, nullifies.
2. (US politics, historical) A person holding the belief that states could nullify federal laws within their borders.

   Synonyms: nullificator, nullificationist

French

Etymology

From nul +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ny.li.fje/

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Verb

nullifier

1. to nullify

Conjugation

Conjugation of nullifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	nullifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	nullifiant /ny.li.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		nullifié /ny.li.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	nullifie /ny.li.fi/	nullifies /ny.li.fi/	nullifie /ny.li.fi/	nullifions /ny.li.fjɔ̃/	nullifiez /ny.li.fje/	nullifient /ny.li.fi/
	imperfect	nullifiais /ny.li.fjɛ/	nullifiais /ny.li.fjɛ/	nullifiait /ny.li.fjɛ/	nullifiions /ny.li.fi.jɔ̃/	nullifiiez /ny.li.fi.je/	nullifiaient /ny.li.fjɛ/
	past historic2	nullifiai /ny.li.fje/	nullifias /ny.li.fja/	nullifia /ny.li.fja/	nullifiâmes /ny.li.fjam/	nullifiâtes /ny.li.fjat/	nullifièrent /ny.li.fjɛʁ/
	future	nullifierai /ny.li.fi.ʁe/	nullifieras /ny.li.fi.ʁa/	nullifiera /ny.li.fi.ʁa/	nullifierons /ny.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/	nullifierez /ny.li.fi.ʁe/	nullifieront /ny.li.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	nullifierais /ny.li.fi.ʁɛ/	nullifierais /ny.li.fi.ʁɛ/	nullifierait /ny.li.fi.ʁɛ/	nullifierions /ny.li.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	nullifieriez /ny.li.fi.ʁje/	nullifieraient /ny.li.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	nullifie /ny.li.fi/	nullifies /ny.li.fi/	nullifie /ny.li.fi/	nullifiions /ny.li.fi.jɔ̃/	nullifiiez /ny.li.fi.je/	nullifient /ny.li.fi/
	imperfect2	nullifiasse /ny.li.fjas/	nullifiasses /ny.li.fjas/	nullifiât /ny.li.fja/	nullifiassions /ny.li.fja.sjɔ̃/	nullifiassiez /ny.li.fja.sje/	nullifiassent /ny.li.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	nullifie /ny.li.fi/	—	nullifions /ny.li.fjɔ̃/	nullifiez /ny.li.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

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