pétrifier

See also: petrifier

French

Etymology

From Latin petra (“stone, rock”) +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pe.tʁi.fje/
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Verb

pétrifier

  1. (transitive) to petrify (to turn to stone)
  2. (transitive, figuratively) to petrify, to paralyze (to freeze with fear)
    Synonym: figer

Conjugation
Conjugation of pétrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pétrifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pétrifiant
/pe.tʁi.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pétrifié
/pe.tʁi.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/		 pétrifies
/pe.tʁi.fi/		 pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/		 pétrifions
/pe.tʁi.fjɔ̃/		 pétrifiez
/pe.tʁi.fje/		 pétrifient
/pe.tʁi.fi/
imperfect pétrifiais
/pe.tʁi.fjɛ/		 pétrifiais
/pe.tʁi.fjɛ/		 pétrifiait
/pe.tʁi.fjɛ/		 pétrifiions
/pe.tʁi.fi.jɔ̃/		 pétrifiiez
/pe.tʁi.fi.je/		 pétrifiaient
/pe.tʁi.fjɛ/
past historic2 pétrifiai
/pe.tʁi.fje/		 pétrifias
/pe.tʁi.fja/		 pétrifia
/pe.tʁi.fja/		 pétrifiâmes
/pe.tʁi.fjam/		 pétrifiâtes
/pe.tʁi.fjat/		 pétrifièrent
/pe.tʁi.fjɛʁ/
future pétrifierai
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁe/		 pétrifieras
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁa/		 pétrifiera
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁa/		 pétrifierons
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 pétrifierez
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁe/		 pétrifieront
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pétrifierais
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 pétrifierais
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 pétrifierait
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁɛ/		 pétrifierions
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 pétrifieriez
/pe.tʁi.fi.ʁje/		 pétrifieraient
/pe.tʁi.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 pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/		 pétrifies
/pe.tʁi.fi/		 pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/		 pétrifiions
/pe.tʁi.fi.jɔ̃/		 pétrifiiez
/pe.tʁi.fi.je/		 pétrifient
/pe.tʁi.fi/
imperfect2 pétrifiasse
/pe.tʁi.fjas/		 pétrifiasses
/pe.tʁi.fjas/		 pétrifiât
/pe.tʁi.fja/		 pétrifiassions
/pe.tʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/		 pétrifiassiez
/pe.tʁi.fja.sje/		 pétrifiassent
/pe.tʁi.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pétrifie
/pe.tʁi.fi/		 — pétrifions
/pe.tʁi.fjɔ̃/		 pétrifiez
/pe.tʁi.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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