certifier

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English certify

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

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Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English certifier

From certify + -er.

Noun

certifier (plural certifiers)

1. A person or entity that provides certification
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     The federal organic regulations are enforced by third-party certifiers.

Synonyms

• certificator

Anagrams

• rectifier

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French certifier, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Medieval Latin certificāre, from Latin certus (“resolved, certain”), a modified form of the perfect passive participle of cernō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛʁ.ti.fje/

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Verb

certifier

1. to certify (to attest as to)

Conjugation

Conjugation of certifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	certifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	certifiant /sɛʁ.ti.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		certifié /sɛʁ.ti.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/	certifies /sɛʁ.ti.fi/	certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/	certifions /sɛʁ.ti.fjɔ̃/	certifiez /sɛʁ.ti.fje/	certifient /sɛʁ.ti.fi/
	imperfect	certifiais /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛ/	certifiais /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛ/	certifiait /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛ/	certifiions /sɛʁ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	certifiiez /sɛʁ.ti.fi.je/	certifiaient /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛ/
	past historic2	certifiai /sɛʁ.ti.fje/	certifias /sɛʁ.ti.fja/	certifia /sɛʁ.ti.fja/	certifiâmes /sɛʁ.ti.fjam/	certifiâtes /sɛʁ.ti.fjat/	certifièrent /sɛʁ.ti.fjɛʁ/
	future	certifierai /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁe/	certifieras /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁa/	certifiera /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁa/	certifierons /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/	certifierez /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁe/	certifieront /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	certifierais /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	certifierais /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	certifierait /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁɛ/	certifierions /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	certifieriez /sɛʁ.ti.fi.ʁje/	certifieraient /sɛʁ.ti.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	certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/	certifies /sɛʁ.ti.fi/	certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/	certifiions /sɛʁ.ti.fi.jɔ̃/	certifiiez /sɛʁ.ti.fi.je/	certifient /sɛʁ.ti.fi/
	imperfect2	certifiasse /sɛʁ.ti.fjas/	certifiasses /sɛʁ.ti.fjas/	certifiât /sɛʁ.ti.fja/	certifiassions /sɛʁ.ti.fja.sjɔ̃/	certifiassiez /sɛʁ.ti.fja.sje/	certifiassent /sɛʁ.ti.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	certifie /sɛʁ.ti.fi/	—	certifions /sɛʁ.ti.fjɔ̃/	certifiez /sɛʁ.ti.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

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

Anagrams

• rectifier

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin or Medieval Latin certificō, certificāre, from Latin certus (“resolved, certain”), a modified form of the perfect passive participle of cernō.

Verb

certifier

1. to certify (to attest as to)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of certifier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		certifier			avoir certifïé
gerund		en certifiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		certifiant
past participle		certifïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	certifi	certifïes	certifïe	certifions	certifïez	certifïent
	imperfect	certifioie, certifïeie, certifioe, certifïeve	certifioies, certifïeies, certifioes, certifïeves	certifioit, certifïeit, certifiot, certifïeve	certifiiiens, certifiiens	certifiiiez, certifiiez	certifioient, certifïeient, certifioent, certifïevent
	preterite	certifiai	certifias	certifia	certifiames	certifiastes	certifïerent
	future	certifïerai	certifïeras	certifïera	certifïerons	certifïeroiz, certifïereiz, certifïerez	certifïeront
	conditional	certifïeroie, certifïereie	certifïeroies, certifïereies	certifïeroit, certifïereit	certifïeriiens, certifïeriens	certifïeriiez, certifïeriez	certifïeroient, certifïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	certifi	certifis	certifit	certifions	certifïez	certifïent
	imperfect	certifiasse	certifiasses	certifiast	certifiissons, certifiissiens	certifiissoiz, certifiissez, certifiissiez	certifiassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	certifïe	—	certifions	certifïez	—

Descendants

• → English: certify
• French: certifier