christianiser
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin chrīstiānizō, from Latin Chrīstiānus (whence chrétien) and -izō (whence -iser).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/
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Verb
christianiser
- (transitive) to Christianize (to convert to Christianity)
- Coordinate term: laïciser
Conjugation
Conjugation of christianiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | christianiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | christianisant /kʁis.tja.ni.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | christianisé /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
christianises /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
christianisons /kʁis.tja.ni.zɔ̃/ |
christianisez /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/ |
christianisent /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
| imperfect | christianisais /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛ/ |
christianisais /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛ/ |
christianisait /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛ/ |
christianisions /kʁis.tja.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
christianisiez /kʁis.tja.ni.zje/ |
christianisaient /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | christianisai /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/ |
christianisas /kʁis.tja.ni.za/ |
christianisa /kʁis.tja.ni.za/ |
christianisâmes /kʁis.tja.ni.zam/ |
christianisâtes /kʁis.tja.ni.zat/ |
christianisèrent /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | christianiserai /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁe/ |
christianiseras /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁa/ |
christianisera /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁa/ |
christianiserons /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɔ̃/ |
christianiserez /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁe/ |
christianiseront /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | christianiserais /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɛ/ |
christianiserais /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɛ/ |
christianiserait /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɛ/ |
christianiserions /kʁis.tja.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
christianiseriez /kʁis.tja.ni.zə.ʁje/ |
christianiseraient /kʁis.tja.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 | christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
christianises /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
christianisions /kʁis.tja.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
christianisiez /kʁis.tja.ni.zje/ |
christianisent /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
| imperfect2 | christianisasse /kʁis.tja.ni.zas/ |
christianisasses /kʁis.tja.ni.zas/ |
christianisât /kʁis.tja.ni.za/ |
christianisassions /kʁis.tja.ni.za.sjɔ̃/ |
christianisassiez /kʁis.tja.ni.za.sje/ |
christianisassent /kʁis.tja.ni.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/ |
— | christianisons /kʁis.tja.ni.zɔ̃/ |
christianisez /kʁis.tja.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “christianiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.