unifier

English

Etymology

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English unify

English -er

English unifier

From unify + -er.

Noun

unifier (plural unifiers)

1. Agent noun of unify; one who unifies.
   • 1987 February 8, Kim Westheimer, “Community Ctr. Incorporates”, in Gay Community News, volume 14, number 29, page 3:

     According to the by-laws, the center's purpose is "to be a unifier for organizations and individuals in greater Boston's lesbian and gay community... [and to] assist in the provision of health, education, religious, social, cultural and recreational services to the community."

Synonyms

• (one who unifies): harmonizer, integrator, mediator, reconciler, uniter, consolidator

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French unifier, borrowed from Late Latin unificare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ni.fje/
• Rhymes: -e

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Verb

unifier

1. to unify

Conjugation

Conjugation of unifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	unifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	unifiant /y.ni.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		unifié /y.ni.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	unifie /y.ni.fi/	unifies /y.ni.fi/	unifie /y.ni.fi/	unifions /y.ni.fjɔ̃/	unifiez /y.ni.fje/	unifient /y.ni.fi/
	imperfect	unifiais /y.ni.fjɛ/	unifiais /y.ni.fjɛ/	unifiait /y.ni.fjɛ/	unifiions /y.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	unifiiez /y.ni.fi.je/	unifiaient /y.ni.fjɛ/
	past historic2	unifiai /y.ni.fje/	unifias /y.ni.fja/	unifia /y.ni.fja/	unifiâmes /y.ni.fjam/	unifiâtes /y.ni.fjat/	unifièrent /y.ni.fjɛʁ/
	future	unifierai /y.ni.fi.ʁe/	unifieras /y.ni.fi.ʁa/	unifiera /y.ni.fi.ʁa/	unifierons /y.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/	unifierez /y.ni.fi.ʁe/	unifieront /y.ni.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	unifierais /y.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	unifierais /y.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	unifierait /y.ni.fi.ʁɛ/	unifierions /y.ni.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	unifieriez /y.ni.fi.ʁje/	unifieraient /y.ni.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	unifie /y.ni.fi/	unifies /y.ni.fi/	unifie /y.ni.fi/	unifiions /y.ni.fi.jɔ̃/	unifiiez /y.ni.fi.je/	unifient /y.ni.fi/
	imperfect2	unifiasse /y.ni.fjas/	unifiasses /y.ni.fjas/	unifiât /y.ni.fja/	unifiassions /y.ni.fja.sjɔ̃/	unifiassiez /y.ni.fja.sje/	unifiassent /y.ni.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	unifie /y.ni.fi/	—	unifions /y.ni.fjɔ̃/	unifiez /y.ni.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).

Derived terms

• réunifier (“to reunite, reunify”)

Further reading

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