raréfier
See also: rarefier
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin rarefacere. By surface analysis, rare + -fier.
Pronunciation
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Verb
raréfier
- (transitive) to rarefy, make rarer
- (reflexive) become thinner on the ground, become less and further between, become scarce
Conjugation
Conjugation of raréfier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | raréfier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | raréfiant /ʁa.ʁe.fjɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | raréfié /ʁa.ʁe.fje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | raréfie /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
raréfies /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
raréfie /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
raréfions /ʁa.ʁe.fjɔ̃/ |
raréfiez /ʁa.ʁe.fje/ |
raréfient /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
| imperfect | raréfiais /ʁa.ʁe.fjɛ/ |
raréfiais /ʁa.ʁe.fjɛ/ |
raréfiait /ʁa.ʁe.fjɛ/ |
raréfiions /ʁa.ʁe.fi.jɔ̃/ |
raréfiiez /ʁa.ʁe.fi.je/ |
raréfiaient /ʁa.ʁe.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | raréfiai /ʁa.ʁe.fje/ |
raréfias /ʁa.ʁe.fja/ |
raréfia /ʁa.ʁe.fja/ |
raréfiâmes /ʁa.ʁe.fjam/ |
raréfiâtes /ʁa.ʁe.fjat/ |
raréfièrent /ʁa.ʁe.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | raréfierai /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁe/ |
raréfieras /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁa/ |
raréfiera /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁa/ |
raréfierons /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
raréfierez /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁe/ |
raréfieront /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raréfierais /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁɛ/ |
raréfierais /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁɛ/ |
raréfierait /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁɛ/ |
raréfierions /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
raréfieriez /ʁa.ʁe.fi.ʁje/ |
raréfieraient /ʁa.ʁe.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 | raréfie /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
raréfies /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
raréfie /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
raréfiions /ʁa.ʁe.fi.jɔ̃/ |
raréfiiez /ʁa.ʁe.fi.je/ |
raréfient /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
| imperfect2 | raréfiasse /ʁa.ʁe.fjas/ |
raréfiasses /ʁa.ʁe.fjas/ |
raréfiât /ʁa.ʁe.fja/ |
raréfiassions /ʁa.ʁe.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
raréfiassiez /ʁa.ʁe.fja.sje/ |
raréfiassent /ʁa.ʁe.fjas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | raréfie /ʁa.ʁe.fi/ |
— | raréfions /ʁa.ʁe.fjɔ̃/ |
raréfiez /ʁa.ʁe.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “raréfier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.