plastifier

English

Noun

plastifier (plural plastifiers)

1. A chemical agent that causes other chemical compounds to react to form a plastic.
2. A chemical compound added to a polymer in order to produce a softer plastic material.

Synonyms

• (softener): plasticizer

French

Etymology

From plastique (“plastic”) +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /plas.ti.fje/

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Verb

plastifier

1. to laminate

Conjugation

Conjugation of plastifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	plastifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	plastifiant /plas.ti.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		plastifié /plas.ti.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	plastifie /plas.ti.fi/	plastifies /plas.ti.fi/	plastifie /plas.ti.fi/	plastifions /plas.ti.fjɔ̃/	plastifiez /plas.ti.fje/	plastifient /plas.ti.fi/
	imperfect	plastifiais /plas.ti.fjɛ/	plastifiais /plas.ti.fjɛ/	plastifiait /plas.ti.fjɛ/	plastifiions /plas.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	plastifiiez /plas.ti.fi.je/	plastifiaient /plas.ti.fjɛ/
	past historic2	plastifiai /plas.ti.fje/	plastifias /plas.ti.fja/	plastifia /plas.ti.fja/	plastifiâmes /plas.ti.fjam/	plastifiâtes /plas.ti.fjat/	plastifièrent /plas.ti.fjɛʁ/
	future	plastifierai /plas.ti.fi.ʁe/	plastifieras /plas.ti.fi.ʁa/	plastifiera /plas.ti.fi.ʁa/	plastifierons /plas.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/	plastifierez /plas.ti.fi.ʁe/	plastifieront /plas.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	plastifierais /plas.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	plastifierais /plas.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	plastifierait /plas.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	plastifierions /plas.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	plastifieriez /plas.ti.fi.ʁje/	plastifieraient /plas.ti.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	plastifie /plas.ti.fi/	plastifies /plas.ti.fi/	plastifie /plas.ti.fi/	plastifiions /plas.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	plastifiiez /plas.ti.fi.je/	plastifient /plas.ti.fi/
	imperfect2	plastifiasse /plas.ti.fjas/	plastifiasses /plas.ti.fjas/	plastifiât /plas.ti.fja/	plastifiassions /plas.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/	plastifiassiez /plas.ti.fja.sje/	plastifiassent /plas.ti.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	plastifie /plas.ti.fi/	—	plastifions /plas.ti.fjɔ̃/	plastifiez /plas.ti.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).

Related terms

• machine à plastifier

Further reading

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