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sacrifier
sacrifier
English
Noun
sacrifier (plural sacrifiers)
- The individual or group that is to receive the practical benefits of the sacrifice.
French
Etymology
From Latin sacrificō, sacrificāre (“sacrifice”), from sacer (“sacred”).
Pronunciation
Verb
sacrifier
- to sacrifice (all meanings)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sacrifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | sacrifier | avoir sacrifié | |||||
| gerund | en sacrifiant | en ayant sacrifié | |||||
| present participle | sacrifiant /sa.kʁi.fjɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | sacrifié /sa.kʁi.fje/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
sacrifies /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
sacrifions /sa.kʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
sacrifiez /sa.kʁi.fje/ |
sacrifient /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect | sacrifiais /sa.kʁi.fjɛ/ |
sacrifiais /sa.kʁi.fjɛ/ |
sacrifiait /sa.kʁi.fjɛ/ |
sacrifiions /sa.kʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ |
sacrifiiez /sa.kʁi.fi.je/ |
sacrifiaient /sa.kʁi.fjɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | sacrifiai /sa.kʁi.fje/ |
sacrifias /sa.kʁi.fja/ |
sacrifia /sa.kʁi.fja/ |
sacrifiâmes /sa.kʁi.fjam/ |
sacrifiâtes /sa.kʁi.fjat/ |
sacrifièrent /sa.kʁi.fjɛʁ/ |
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| future | sacrifierai /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁe/ |
sacrifieras /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁa/ |
sacrifiera /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁa/ |
sacrifierons /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
sacrifierez /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁe/ |
sacrifieront /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | sacrifierais /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
sacrifierais /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
sacrifierait /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
sacrifierions /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sacrifieriez /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁje/ |
sacrifieraient /sa.kʁi.fi.ʁɛ/ |
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| 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 anterior1 | 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 je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
sacrifies /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
sacrifiions /sa.kʁi.fi.jɔ̃/ |
sacrifiiez /sa.kʁi.fi.je/ |
sacrifient /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
| imperfect1 |
sacrifiasse /sa.kʁi.fjas/ |
sacrifiasses /sa.kʁi.fjas/ |
sacrifiât /sa.kʁi.fja/ |
sacrifiassions /sa.kʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
sacrifiassiez /sa.kʁi.fja.sje/ |
sacrifiassent /sa.kʁi.fjas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | sacrifie /sa.kʁi.fi/ |
— | sacrifions /sa.kʁi.fjɔ̃/ |
sacrifiez /sa.kʁi.fje/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||