passiver

French

Etymology

passif +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.si.ve/

Verb

passiver

1. (transitive, grammar) to make passive
2. (transitive, chemistry) to passivate

Conjugation

Conjugation of passiver (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	passiver
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	passivant /pa.si.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		passivé /pa.si.ve/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	passive /pa.siv/	passives /pa.siv/	passive /pa.siv/	passivons /pa.si.vɔ̃/	passivez /pa.si.ve/	passivent /pa.siv/
	imperfect	passivais /pa.si.vɛ/	passivais /pa.si.vɛ/	passivait /pa.si.vɛ/	passivions /pa.si.vjɔ̃/	passiviez /pa.si.vje/	passivaient /pa.si.vɛ/
	past historic2	passivai /pa.si.ve/	passivas /pa.si.va/	passiva /pa.si.va/	passivâmes /pa.si.vam/	passivâtes /pa.si.vat/	passivèrent /pa.si.vɛʁ/
	future	passiverai /pa.si.vʁe/	passiveras /pa.si.vʁa/	passivera /pa.si.vʁa/	passiverons /pa.si.vʁɔ̃/	passiverez /pa.si.vʁe/	passiveront /pa.si.vʁɔ̃/
	conditional	passiverais /pa.si.vʁɛ/	passiverais /pa.si.vʁɛ/	passiverait /pa.si.vʁɛ/	passiverions /pa.si.və.ʁjɔ̃/	passiveriez /pa.si.və.ʁje/	passiveraient /pa.si.vʁɛ/
(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	passive /pa.siv/	passives /pa.siv/	passive /pa.siv/	passivions /pa.si.vjɔ̃/	passiviez /pa.si.vje/	passivent /pa.siv/
	imperfect2	passivasse /pa.si.vas/	passivasses /pa.si.vas/	passivât /pa.si.va/	passivassions /pa.si.va.sjɔ̃/	passivassiez /pa.si.va.sje/	passivassent /pa.si.vas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	passive /pa.siv/	—	passivons /pa.si.vɔ̃/	passivez /pa.si.ve/	—
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

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

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Adjective

passiver

1. inflection of passiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative masculine singular
   2. strong genitive/dative feminine singular
   3. strong genitive plural