crucifier

English

Etymology

From Middle English crucifier; equivalent to crucify +‎ -er.

Noun

crucifier (plural crucifiers)

1. One who crucifies.
   • 1844, The Christian, volume 1, page 498:

     Oh, this render of hearts, this murderer of love, this perpetual crucifier of Christ, […]

   • 1902, John Buchan, The Outgoing of the Tide:

     I mind him well as he sat in his chair or daundered through Caulds, a kind word for every one and sage counsel in time of distress, but withal a severe man to himself and a crucifier of the body.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

crucifier

1. to crucify

Conjugation

Conjugation of crucifier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	crucifier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	crucifiant /kʁy.si.fjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		crucifié /kʁy.si.fje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	crucifie /kʁy.si.fi/	crucifies /kʁy.si.fi/	crucifie /kʁy.si.fi/	crucifions /kʁy.si.fjɔ̃/	crucifiez /kʁy.si.fje/	crucifient /kʁy.si.fi/
	imperfect	crucifiais /kʁy.si.fjɛ/	crucifiais /kʁy.si.fjɛ/	crucifiait /kʁy.si.fjɛ/	crucifiions /kʁy.si.fi.jɔ̃/	crucifiiez /kʁy.si.fi.je/	crucifiaient /kʁy.si.fjɛ/
	past historic2	crucifiai /kʁy.si.fje/	crucifias /kʁy.si.fja/	crucifia /kʁy.si.fja/	crucifiâmes /kʁy.si.fjam/	crucifiâtes /kʁy.si.fjat/	crucifièrent /kʁy.si.fjɛʁ/
	future	crucifierai /kʁy.si.fi.ʁe/	crucifieras /kʁy.si.fi.ʁa/	crucifiera /kʁy.si.fi.ʁa/	crucifierons /kʁy.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/	crucifierez /kʁy.si.fi.ʁe/	crucifieront /kʁy.si.fi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	crucifierais /kʁy.si.fi.ʁɛ/	crucifierais /kʁy.si.fi.ʁɛ/	crucifierait /kʁy.si.fi.ʁɛ/	crucifierions /kʁy.si.fi.ʁjɔ̃/	crucifieriez /kʁy.si.fi.ʁje/	crucifieraient /kʁy.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	crucifie /kʁy.si.fi/	crucifies /kʁy.si.fi/	crucifie /kʁy.si.fi/	crucifiions /kʁy.si.fi.jɔ̃/	crucifiiez /kʁy.si.fi.je/	crucifient /kʁy.si.fi/
	imperfect2	crucifiasse /kʁy.si.fjas/	crucifiasses /kʁy.si.fjas/	crucifiât /kʁy.si.fja/	crucifiassions /kʁy.si.fja.sjɔ̃/	crucifiassiez /kʁy.si.fja.sje/	crucifiassent /kʁy.si.fjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	crucifie /kʁy.si.fi/	—	crucifions /kʁy.si.fjɔ̃/	crucifiez /kʁy.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).

Related terms

• crucifixion

Descendants

• Romanian: crucifica

Further reading

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• crucyfiour, crucyfyer

Etymology

From crucifien +‎ -er; compare Old French crucefieor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkriu̯sifiːər(ə)/, /ˈkrusifiːər(ə)/

Noun

crucifier (plural crucifiers) (Late Middle English)

1. One who crucifies.
2. (figurative) An enemy of Christianity.

Descendants

• English: crucifier

References

• “crū̆cifīer, v.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.