justifier
English
Etymology
Noun
justifier (plural justifiers)
- (chiefly philosophy) One who, or that which, justifies (some belief or action).
French
Etymology
From Old French justifier, borrowed from Late Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.
Verb
justifier
- to justify
Conjugation
Conjugation of justifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | justifier | avoir justifié | |||||
| gerund | en justifiant | en ayant justifié | |||||
| present participle | justifiant /ʒys.ti.fjɑ̃/ | ||||||
| past participle | justifié /ʒys.ti.fje/ | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifies /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifions /ʒys.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
justifiez /ʒys.ti.fje/ |
justifient /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect | justifiais /ʒys.ti.fjɛ/ |
justifiais /ʒys.ti.fjɛ/ |
justifiait /ʒys.ti.fjɛ/ |
justifiions /ʒys.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
justifiiez /ʒys.ti.fi.je/ |
justifiaient /ʒys.ti.fjɛ/ | |
| past historic1 | justifiai /ʒys.ti.fje/ |
justifias /ʒys.ti.fja/ |
justifia /ʒys.ti.fja/ |
justifiâmes /ʒys.ti.fjam/ |
justifiâtes /ʒys.ti.fjat/ |
justifièrent /ʒys.ti.fjɛʁ/ | |
| future | justifierai /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
justifieras /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
justifiera /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁa/ |
justifierons /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ |
justifierez /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁe/ |
justifieront /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | justifierais /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
justifierais /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
justifierait /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ |
justifierions /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/ |
justifieriez /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁje/ |
justifieraient /ʒys.ti.fi.ʁɛ/ | |
| 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 | justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifies /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
justifiions /ʒys.ti.fi.jɔ̃/ |
justifiiez /ʒys.ti.fi.je/ |
justifient /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
| imperfect1 | justifiasse /ʒys.ti.fjas/ |
justifiasses /ʒys.ti.fjas/ |
justifiât /ʒys.ti.fja/ |
justifiassions /ʒys.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/ |
justifiassiez /ʒys.ti.fja.sje/ |
justifiassent /ʒys.ti.fjas/ | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | justifie /ʒys.ti.fi/ |
— | justifions /ʒys.ti.fjɔ̃/ |
justifiez /ʒys.ti.fje/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “justifier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin iūstificāre, jūstificare, present active infinitive of iustificō, from Latin iūstus.
Verb
justifier
- to show to be innocent
- 12th century, Cambridge Psalter
- E ne vienges pas a jugier od tun serf, ker n'en iert pas justifiiez el tun esguardemenz
- 12th century, Cambridge Psalter
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