fortifier

English

Etymology

fortify +‎ -er.

Noun

fortifier (plural fortifiers)

  1. One who fortifies.

French

Etymology

From Middle French fortifier, borrowed from Late Latin fortificō, fortificāre (“strengthen, fortify”), from Latin fortis.

Verb

fortifier

  1. to fortify (make stronger)

Conjugation
Conjugation of fortifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle fortifiant
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɑ̃/
past participle fortifié
/fɔʁ.ti.fje/
infinitive
simple fortifier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple fortifiant
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fortifie
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/		 fortifies
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/		 fortifie
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/		 fortifions
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɔ̃/		 fortifiez
/fɔʁ.ti.fje/		 fortifient
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/
imperfect fortifiais
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɛ/		 fortifiais
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɛ/		 fortifiait
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɛ/		 fortifiions
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/		 fortifiiez
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.je/		 fortifiaient
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɛ/
past historic2 fortifiai
/fɔʁ.ti.fje/		 fortifias
/fɔʁ.ti.fja/		 fortifia
/fɔʁ.ti.fja/		 fortifiâmes
/fɔʁ.ti.fjam/		 fortifiâtes
/fɔʁ.ti.fjat/		 fortifièrent
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɛʁ/
future fortifierai
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁe/		 fortifieras
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁa/		 fortifiera
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁa/		 fortifierons
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 fortifierez
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁe/		 fortifieront
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fortifierais
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 fortifierais
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 fortifierait
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/		 fortifierions
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 fortifieriez
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.ʁje/		 fortifieraient
/fɔʁ.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 fortifie
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/		 fortifies
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/		 fortifie
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/		 fortifiions
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/		 fortifiiez
/fɔʁ.ti.fi.je/		 fortifient
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/
imperfect2 fortifiasse
/fɔʁ.ti.fjas/		 fortifiasses
/fɔʁ.ti.fjas/		 fortifiât
/fɔʁ.ti.fja/		 fortifiassions
/fɔʁ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/		 fortifiassiez
/fɔʁ.ti.fja.sje/		 fortifiassent
/fɔʁ.ti.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fortifie
/fɔʁ.ti.fi/		 — fortifions
/fɔʁ.ti.fjɔ̃/		 fortifiez
/fɔʁ.ti.fje/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Middle French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin fortifico, fortificare.

Verb

fortifier

  1. to fortify (make stronger)

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
   Conjugation of fortifier
simple compound
infinitive fortifier avoir fortifié
gerund en fortifiant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle fortifiant
past participle fortifié
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (may be i' before a vowel) tu il nous vous ilz, elles
simple
tenses		 present fortifie fortifies fortifie fortifions fortifiez fortifient
imperfect fortifiois, fortifioys fortifiois, fortifioys fortifioit, fortifioyt fortifiions, fortifiyons fortifiiez, fortifiyez fortifioient, fortifioyent
past historic fortifia fortifias fortifia fortifiasmes fortifiastes fortifierent
future fortifierai, fortifieray fortifieras fortifiera fortifierons fortifierez fortifieront
conditional fortifierois, fortifieroys fortifierois, fortifieroys fortifieroit, fortifieroyt fortifierions, fortifieryons fortifieriez, fortifieryez fortifieroient, fortifieroyent
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que ie que tu qu'il que nous que vous qu'ilz, qu'elles
simple
tenses		 present fortifie fortifies fortifie fortifions fortifiez fortifient
imperfect fortifiasse fortifiasses fortifiast fortifiassions fortifiassiez fortifiassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
— fortifie — fortifions fortifiez —

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