agoniser
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/
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Verb
agoniser
- (intransitive) to be dying (slowly); to be at death's door
- Synonym: se mourir
- (intransitive, figuratively) to be in one's death throes
Conjugation
Conjugation of agoniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | agoniser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | agonisant /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | agonisé /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
agonises /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
agonisons /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɔ̃/ |
agonisez /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/ |
agonisent /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
| imperfect | agonisais /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
agonisais /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
agonisait /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
agonisions /a.ɡɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
agonisiez /a.ɡɔ.ni.zje/ |
agonisaient /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | agonisai /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/ |
agonisas /a.ɡɔ.ni.za/ |
agonisa /a.ɡɔ.ni.za/ |
agonisâmes /a.ɡɔ.ni.zam/ |
agonisâtes /a.ɡɔ.ni.zat/ |
agonisèrent /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | agoniserai /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁe/ |
agoniseras /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁa/ |
agonisera /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁa/ |
agoniserons /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ |
agoniserez /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁe/ |
agoniseront /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | agoniserais /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
agoniserais /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
agoniserait /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
agoniserions /a.ɡɔ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
agoniseriez /a.ɡɔ.ni.zə.ʁje/ |
agoniseraient /a.ɡɔ.niz.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 | agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
agonises /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
agonisions /a.ɡɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
agonisiez /a.ɡɔ.ni.zje/ |
agonisent /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
| imperfect2 | agonisasse /a.ɡɔ.ni.zas/ |
agonisasses /a.ɡɔ.ni.zas/ |
agonisât /a.ɡɔ.ni.za/ |
agonisassions /a.ɡɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/ |
agonisassiez /a.ɡɔ.ni.za.sje/ |
agonisassent /a.ɡɔ.ni.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/ |
— | agonisons /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɔ̃/ |
agonisez /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
Further reading
- “agoniser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.