pacifier

English
baby pacifier

Etymology

From pacify +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpæsɪfaɪɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpæsɪfaɪə/
  • Audio (UK)(file)
  • Hyphenation: pa‧ci‧fi‧er

Noun

pacifier (plural pacifiers)

  1. Someone or something that pacifies. [from 16th c.]
  2. (Canada, US) A rubber or plastic device imitating a nipple that goes into a baby’s mouth, used to calm and quiet the baby. [from 20th c.]
    Synonyms: dummy, (UK, Australia, NZ) comforter, (Canada, Ireland) soother; see also Thesaurus:pacifier

Translations

Further reading

French

Etymology

From Latin pācificō, pācificāre, from pāx (“peace”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pa.si.fje/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

pacifier

  1. to pacify

Conjugation
Conjugation of pacifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple pacifier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple pacifiant
/pa.si.fjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle pacifié
/pa.si.fje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present pacifie
/pa.si.fi/		 pacifies
/pa.si.fi/		 pacifie
/pa.si.fi/		 pacifions
/pa.si.fjɔ̃/		 pacifiez
/pa.si.fje/		 pacifient
/pa.si.fi/
imperfect pacifiais
/pa.si.fjɛ/		 pacifiais
/pa.si.fjɛ/		 pacifiait
/pa.si.fjɛ/		 pacifiions
/pa.si.fi.jɔ̃/		 pacifiiez
/pa.si.fi.je/		 pacifiaient
/pa.si.fjɛ/
past historic2 pacifiai
/pa.si.fje/		 pacifias
/pa.si.fja/		 pacifia
/pa.si.fja/		 pacifiâmes
/pa.si.fjam/		 pacifiâtes
/pa.si.fjat/		 pacifièrent
/pa.si.fjɛʁ/
future pacifierai
/pa.si.fi.ʁe/		 pacifieras
/pa.si.fi.ʁa/		 pacifiera
/pa.si.fi.ʁa/		 pacifierons
/pa.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/		 pacifierez
/pa.si.fi.ʁe/		 pacifieront
/pa.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional pacifierais
/pa.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 pacifierais
/pa.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 pacifierait
/pa.si.fi.ʁɛ/		 pacifierions
/pa.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/		 pacifieriez
/pa.si.fi.ʁje/		 pacifieraient
/pa.si.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 pacifie
/pa.si.fi/		 pacifies
/pa.si.fi/		 pacifie
/pa.si.fi/		 pacifiions
/pa.si.fi.jɔ̃/		 pacifiiez
/pa.si.fi.je/		 pacifient
/pa.si.fi/
imperfect2 pacifiasse
/pa.si.fjas/		 pacifiasses
/pa.si.fjas/		 pacifiât
/pa.si.fja/		 pacifiassions
/pa.si.fja.sjɔ̃/		 pacifiassiez
/pa.si.fja.sje/		 pacifiassent
/pa.si.fjas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — pacifie
/pa.si.fi/		 — pacifions
/pa.si.fjɔ̃/		 pacifiez
/pa.si.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).

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