simplifier

English

Etymology

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English simplify

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzijos

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English simplifier

From simplify + -er.

Noun

simplifier (plural simplifiers)

1. One who simplifies.

French

Etymology

From simple +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.pli.fje/

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Verb

simplifier

1. to simplify

Conjugation

Conjugation of simplifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	simplifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	simplifiant /sɛ̃.pli.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		simplifié /sɛ̃.pli.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/	simplifies /sɛ̃.pli.fi/	simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/	simplifions /sɛ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/	simplifiez /sɛ̃.pli.fje/	simplifient /sɛ̃.pli.fi/
	imperfect	simplifiais /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/	simplifiais /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/	simplifiait /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/	simplifiions /sɛ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/	simplifiiez /sɛ̃.pli.fi.je/	simplifiaient /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛ/
	past historic2	simplifiai /sɛ̃.pli.fje/	simplifias /sɛ̃.pli.fja/	simplifia /sɛ̃.pli.fja/	simplifiâmes /sɛ̃.pli.fjam/	simplifiâtes /sɛ̃.pli.fjat/	simplifièrent /sɛ̃.pli.fjɛʁ/
	future	simplifierai /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/	simplifieras /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/	simplifiera /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁa/	simplifierons /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/	simplifierez /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁe/	simplifieront /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	simplifierais /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/	simplifierais /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/	simplifierait /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁɛ/	simplifierions /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	simplifieriez /sɛ̃.pli.fi.ʁje/	simplifieraient /sɛ̃.pli.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	simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/	simplifies /sɛ̃.pli.fi/	simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/	simplifiions /sɛ̃.pli.fi.jɔ̃/	simplifiiez /sɛ̃.pli.fi.je/	simplifient /sɛ̃.pli.fi/
	imperfect2	simplifiasse /sɛ̃.pli.fjas/	simplifiasses /sɛ̃.pli.fjas/	simplifiât /sɛ̃.pli.fja/	simplifiassions /sɛ̃.pli.fja.sjɔ̃/	simplifiassiez /sɛ̃.pli.fja.sje/	simplifiassent /sɛ̃.pli.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	simplifie /sɛ̃.pli.fi/	—	simplifions /sɛ̃.pli.fjɔ̃/	simplifiez /sɛ̃.pli.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).

Derived terms

• chinois simplifié
• simplification

Descendants

• English: simplify

Further reading

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