civiliser
English
Noun
civiliser (plural civilisers)
- Alternative form of civilizer.
French
Etymology
From civil + -iser Borrowed from Latin cīvīlis.
Pronunciation
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Verb
civiliser
- (transitive) to civilize
Conjugation
Conjugation of civiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | civiliser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | civilisant /si.vi.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | civilisé /si.vi.li.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
civilises /si.vi.liz/ |
civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
civilisons /si.vi.li.zɔ̃/ |
civilisez /si.vi.li.ze/ |
civilisent /si.vi.liz/ |
| imperfect | civilisais /si.vi.li.zɛ/ |
civilisais /si.vi.li.zɛ/ |
civilisait /si.vi.li.zɛ/ |
civilisions /si.vi.li.zjɔ̃/ |
civilisiez /si.vi.li.zje/ |
civilisaient /si.vi.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | civilisai /si.vi.li.ze/ |
civilisas /si.vi.li.za/ |
civilisa /si.vi.li.za/ |
civilisâmes /si.vi.li.zam/ |
civilisâtes /si.vi.li.zat/ |
civilisèrent /si.vi.li.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | civiliserai /si.vi.liz.ʁe/ |
civiliseras /si.vi.liz.ʁa/ |
civilisera /si.vi.liz.ʁa/ |
civiliserons /si.vi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
civiliserez /si.vi.liz.ʁe/ |
civiliseront /si.vi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | civiliserais /si.vi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
civiliserais /si.vi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
civiliserait /si.vi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
civiliserions /si.vi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
civiliseriez /si.vi.li.zə.ʁje/ |
civiliseraient /si.vi.liz.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 | civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
civilises /si.vi.liz/ |
civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
civilisions /si.vi.li.zjɔ̃/ |
civilisiez /si.vi.li.zje/ |
civilisent /si.vi.liz/ |
| imperfect2 | civilisasse /si.vi.li.zas/ |
civilisasses /si.vi.li.zas/ |
civilisât /si.vi.li.za/ |
civilisassions /si.vi.li.za.sjɔ̃/ |
civilisassiez /si.vi.li.za.sje/ |
civilisassent /si.vi.li.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
— | civilisons /si.vi.li.zɔ̃/ |
civilisez /si.vi.li.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
Further reading
- “civiliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.