L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Introduction to the verb chiffrer
The English translation of the French verb chiffrer is “to encrypt” or “to code.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “shee-fray.”
Chiffrer comes from the Old French word “chiffre,” meaning “number.” It is derived from the Arabic word “sifr,” which also means “zero” or “empty.”
In everyday French in the l’infinitif présent tense, chiffrer is most often used to refer to the action of converting a message into a secret code or cipher. It can also be used in a more general sense to mean “to encode” or “to calculate.”
Here are three simple examples of chiffrer in the l’infinitif présent tense:
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J’ai besoin de chiffrer ce document pour qu’il ne soit pas lu par tout le monde. (I need to encrypt this document so that it’s not readable by everyone.)
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Les agents secrets doivent constamment chiffrer leurs messages pour assurer leur sécurité. (Secret agents must constantly encode their messages to ensure their safety.)
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Pour résoudre ce problème, il faut d’abord chiffrer les données et les analyser ensuite. (To solve this problem, we first need to code the data and then analyze it.)
Table of the L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of chiffrer
Pronoun | Conjugation | Example Usage | English Translation |
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je | chiffre | Je chiffre les données. | I encrypt the data. |
tu | chiffres | Tu chiffres le message. | You encrypt the message. |
il | chiffre | Il chiffre les fichiers. | He encrypts the files. |
elle | chiffre | Elle chiffre ses messages. | She encrypts her messages. |
on | chiffre | On chiffre les documents. | We encrypt the documents. |
nous | chiffrons | Nous chiffrons le code. | We encrypt the code. |
vous | chiffrez | Vous chiffrez les données. | You encrypt the data. |
ils | chiffrent | Ils chiffrent leurs emails. | They encrypt their emails. |
elles | chiffrent | Elles chiffrent les fichiers. | They encrypt the files. |
Other Conjugations for Chiffrer.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb chiffrer (this article)
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Chiffrer – About the French L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense
Forming the Infinitive Present
Common Everyday Usage Patterns
As a Verb’s Dictionary Form
After Modal Verbs
As an Imperative
In Infinitive Clauses
Interactions with Other Tenses
Present Tense
Future Tense
Conditional Tense
Passé Composé
Imperfect Tense
Subjunctive and Conditional Moods
Summary
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