édifier
See also: edifier
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French edifier, from Old French edifier, borrowed from Latin aedificāre (“build, erect, establish; create, frame”), from aedēs (“building”) + -ficō (“make”). Compare Zarphatic eigier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.di.fje/
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Conjugation
Conjugation of édifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | édifier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | édifiant /e.di.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | édifié /e.di.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | édifie /e.di.fi/ |
édifies /e.di.fi/ |
édifie /e.di.fi/ |
édifions /e.di.fjɔ̃/ |
édifiez /e.di.fje/ |
édifient /e.di.fi/ |
| imperfect | édifiais /e.di.fjɛ/ |
édifiais /e.di.fjɛ/ |
édifiait /e.di.fjɛ/ |
édifiions /e.di.fi.jɔ̃/ |
édifiiez /e.di.fi.je/ |
édifiaient /e.di.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | édifiai /e.di.fje/ |
édifias /e.di.fja/ |
édifia /e.di.fja/ |
édifiâmes /e.di.fjam/ |
édifiâtes /e.di.fjat/ |
édifièrent /e.di.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | édifierai /e.di.fi.ʁe/ |
édifieras /e.di.fi.ʁa/ |
édifiera /e.di.fi.ʁa/ |
édifierons /e.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
édifierez /e.di.fi.ʁe/ |
édifieront /e.di.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | édifierais /e.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
édifierais /e.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
édifierait /e.di.fi.ʁɛ/ |
édifierions /e.di.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
édifieriez /e.di.fi.ʁje/ |
édifieraient /e.di.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 | édifie /e.di.fi/ |
édifies /e.di.fi/ |
édifie /e.di.fi/ |
édifiions /e.di.fi.jɔ̃/ |
édifiiez /e.di.fi.je/ |
édifient /e.di.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | édifiasse /e.di.fjas/ |
édifiasses /e.di.fjas/ |
édifiât /e.di.fja/ |
édifiassions /e.di.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
édifiassiez /e.di.fja.sje/ |
édifiassent /e.di.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | édifie /e.di.fi/ |
— | édifions /e.di.fjɔ̃/ |
édifiez /e.di.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- surédifier (“to build on top of”)
Related terms
Further reading
- “édifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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