fraterniser
English
Etymology
From fraternize + -er.
Noun
fraterniser (plural fraternisers)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fraternizer.
- 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 58:
- So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the deposition of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary.
French
Etymology
From Latin fraternus (“brotherly”) + -iser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.ze/
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Verb
fraterniser
- to fraternize
- Synonym: sympathiser
- fraterniser avec l'ennemi ― to fraternize with the enemy
Conjugation
Conjugation of fraterniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | fraterniser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | fraternisant /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | fraternisé /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
fraternises /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
fraternisons /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/ |
fraternisez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.ze/ |
fraternisent /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
| imperfect | fraternisais /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/ |
fraternisais /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/ |
fraternisait /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/ |
fraternisions /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
fraternisiez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zje/ |
fraternisaient /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | fraternisai /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.ze/ |
fraternisas /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za/ |
fraternisa /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za/ |
fraternisâmes /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zam/ |
fraternisâtes /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zat/ |
fraternisèrent /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | fraterniserai /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁe/ |
fraterniseras /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁa/ |
fraternisera /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁa/ |
fraterniserons /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ |
fraterniserez /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁe/ |
fraterniseront /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | fraterniserais /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
fraterniserais /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
fraterniserait /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
fraterniserions /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
fraterniseriez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁje/ |
fraterniseraient /fʁa.tɛʁ.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 | fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
fraternises /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
fraternisions /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
fraternisiez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zje/ |
fraternisent /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
| imperfect2 | fraternisasse /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zas/ |
fraternisasses /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zas/ |
fraternisât /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za/ |
fraternisassions /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/ |
fraternisassiez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za.sje/ |
fraternisassent /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/ |
— | fraternisons /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/ |
fraternisez /fʁa.tɛʁ.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). | |||||||
Related terms
Further reading
- “fraterniser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.