estérifier

French

Etymology

From ester +‎ -ifier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛs.te.ʁi.fje/

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Verb

estérifier

1. (transitive, organic chemistry) to esterify

Conjugation

Conjugation of estérifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	estérifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	estérifiant /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		estérifié /ɛs.te.ʁi.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	estérifie /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/	estérifies /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/	estérifie /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/	estérifions /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjɔ̃/	estérifiez /ɛs.te.ʁi.fje/	estérifient /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/
	imperfect	estérifiais /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjɛ/	estérifiais /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjɛ/	estérifiait /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjɛ/	estérifiions /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/	estérifiiez /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.je/	estérifiaient /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjɛ/
	past historic2	estérifiai /ɛs.te.ʁi.fje/	estérifias /ɛs.te.ʁi.fja/	estérifia /ɛs.te.ʁi.fja/	estérifiâmes /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjam/	estérifiâtes /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjat/	estérifièrent /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjɛʁ/
	future	estérifierai /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁe/	estérifieras /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁa/	estérifiera /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁa/	estérifierons /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/	estérifierez /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁe/	estérifieront /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	estérifierais /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	estérifierais /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	estérifierait /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁɛ/	estérifierions /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	estérifieriez /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.ʁje/	estérifieraient /ɛs.te.ʁi.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	estérifie /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/	estérifies /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/	estérifie /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/	estérifiions /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.jɔ̃/	estérifiiez /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi.je/	estérifient /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/
	imperfect2	estérifiasse /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjas/	estérifiasses /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjas/	estérifiât /ɛs.te.ʁi.fja/	estérifiassions /ɛs.te.ʁi.fja.sjɔ̃/	estérifiassiez /ɛs.te.ʁi.fja.sje/	estérifiassent /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	estérifie /ɛs.te.ʁi.fi/	—	estérifions /ɛs.te.ʁi.fjɔ̃/	estérifiez /ɛs.te.ʁi.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).

Further reading

• “estérifier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.