sacrifier

English

Noun

sacrifier (plural sacrifiers)

1. The individual or group that is to receive the practical benefits of the sacrifice.

Anagrams

• scarifier

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sacrificō, sacrificāre (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa.kʁi.fje/

• Audio:

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Verb

sacrifier

1. to sacrifice (all meanings)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sacrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sacrifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sacrifiant /sa.kʁi.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sacrifié /sa.kʁi.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/	sacrifies /sa.kʁi.fi/	sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/	sacrifions /sa.kʁi.fjɔ̃/	sacrifiez /sa.kʁi.fje/	sacrifient /sa.kʁi.fi/
	imperfect	sacrifiais /sa.kʁi.fjɛ/	sacrifiais /sa.kʁi.fjɛ/	sacrifiait /sa.kʁi.fjɛ/	sacrifiions /sa.kʁi.fi.jɔ̃/	sacrifiiez /sa.kʁi.fi.je/	sacrifiaient /sa.kʁi.fjɛ/
	past historic2	sacrifiai /sa.kʁi.fje/	sacrifias /sa.kʁi.fja/	sacrifia /sa.kʁi.fja/	sacrifiâmes /sa.kʁi.fjam/	sacrifiâtes /sa.kʁi.fjat/	sacrifièrent /sa.kʁi.fjɛʁ/
	future	sacrifierai /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁe/	sacrifieras /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁa/	sacrifiera /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁa/	sacrifierons /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/	sacrifierez /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁe/	sacrifieront /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sacrifierais /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	sacrifierais /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	sacrifierait /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	sacrifierions /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	sacrifieriez /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁje/	sacrifieraient /sa.kʁi.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	sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/	sacrifies /sa.kʁi.fi/	sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/	sacrifiions /sa.kʁi.fi.jɔ̃/	sacrifiiez /sa.kʁi.fi.je/	sacrifient /sa.kʁi.fi/
	imperfect2	sacrifiasse /sa.kʁi.fjas/	sacrifiasses /sa.kʁi.fjas/	sacrifiât /sa.kʁi.fja/	sacrifiassions /sa.kʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/	sacrifiassiez /sa.kʁi.fja.sje/	sacrifiassent /sa.kʁi.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/	—	sacrifions /sa.kʁi.fjɔ̃/	sacrifiez /sa.kʁi.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

• sacrifice
• sacrer

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• scarifier