pontifier

French

Etymology

From pontife (“pontiff”) +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pɔ̃.ti.fje/
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Verb

pontifier

  1. to pontificate

Conjugation

Conjugation of pontifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pontifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pontifiant
/pɔ̃.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pontifié
/pɔ̃.ti.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present pontifie
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/ 		pontifies
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/ 		pontifie
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/ 		pontifions
/pɔ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		pontifiez
/pɔ̃.ti.fje/ 		pontifient
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/
imperfect pontifiais
/pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/ 		pontifiais
/pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/ 		pontifiait
/pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/ 		pontifiions
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		pontifiiez
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.je/ 		pontifiaient
/pɔ̃.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 pontifiai
/pɔ̃.ti.fje/ 		pontifias
/pɔ̃.ti.fja/ 		pontifia
/pɔ̃.ti.fja/ 		pontifiâmes
/pɔ̃.ti.fjam/ 		pontifiâtes
/pɔ̃.ti.fjat/ 		pontifièrent
/pɔ̃.ti.fjɛʁ/
future pontifierai
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		pontifieras
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		pontifiera
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁa/ 		pontifierons
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ 		pontifierez
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁe/ 		pontifieront
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pontifierais
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		pontifierais
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		pontifierait
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ 		pontifierions
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		pontifieriez
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.ʁje/ 		pontifieraient
/pɔ̃.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 pontifie
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/ 		pontifies
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/ 		pontifie
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/ 		pontifiions
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ 		pontifiiez
/pɔ̃.ti.fi.je/ 		pontifient
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/
imperfect2 pontifiasse
/pɔ̃.ti.fjas/ 		pontifiasses
/pɔ̃.ti.fjas/ 		pontifiât
/pɔ̃.ti.fja/ 		pontifiassions
/pɔ̃.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ 		pontifiassiez
/pɔ̃.ti.fja.sje/ 		pontifiassent
/pɔ̃.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pontifie
/pɔ̃.ti.fi/ 		— pontifions
/pɔ̃.ti.fjɔ̃/ 		pontifiez
/pɔ̃.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).

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