saponifier
French, verb\sa.pɔ.ni.fje\
saponifier is a French verb meaning “to saponify” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Transformer un corps gras en savon”.
What does saponifier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to saponify
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Transformer un corps gras en savon.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of saponifier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- saponifiant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- saponifié participle past
- saponifie first-person indicative present
- saponifies indicative present second-person
- saponifions first-person indicative plural
- saponifiez indicative plural present
- saponifient indicative plural present
- saponifiais first-person imperfect indicative
- saponifiait imperfect indicative singular
- saponifiions first-person imperfect indicative
- saponifiiez imperfect indicative plural
- saponifiaient imperfect indicative plural
- saponifiai first-person historic indicative
- saponifias historic indicative past
- saponifia historic indicative past
- saponifiâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce saponifier?
- \sa.pɔ.ni.fje\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.