immobiliser
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From immobilise + -er.
Noun
immobiliser (plural immobilisers)
- Something or someone that immobilises.
- (medicine) A splint.
- An electronic security device fitted to an automobile that prevents the engine from running unless the correct key (or other token) is present.
Translations
splint — see splint
security device
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French
Pronunciation
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Verb
immobiliser
- to immobilize
Conjugation
Conjugation of immobiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | immobiliser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | immobilisant /i.mɔ.bi.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | immobilisé /i.mɔ.bi.li.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | immobilise /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
immobilises /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
immobilise /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
immobilisons /i.mɔ.bi.li.zɔ̃/ |
immobilisez /i.mɔ.bi.li.ze/ |
immobilisent /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
| imperfect | immobilisais /i.mɔ.bi.li.zɛ/ |
immobilisais /i.mɔ.bi.li.zɛ/ |
immobilisait /i.mɔ.bi.li.zɛ/ |
immobilisions /i.mɔ.bi.li.zjɔ̃/ |
immobilisiez /i.mɔ.bi.li.zje/ |
immobilisaient /i.mɔ.bi.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | immobilisai /i.mɔ.bi.li.ze/ |
immobilisas /i.mɔ.bi.li.za/ |
immobilisa /i.mɔ.bi.li.za/ |
immobilisâmes /i.mɔ.bi.li.zam/ |
immobilisâtes /i.mɔ.bi.li.zat/ |
immobilisèrent /i.mɔ.bi.li.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | immobiliserai /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁe/ |
immobiliseras /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁa/ |
immobilisera /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁa/ |
immobiliserons /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
immobiliserez /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁe/ |
immobiliseront /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | immobiliserais /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
immobiliserais /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
immobiliserait /i.mɔ.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
immobiliserions /i.mɔ.bi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
immobiliseriez /i.mɔ.bi.li.zə.ʁje/ |
immobiliseraient /i.mɔ.bi.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 | immobilise /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
immobilises /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
immobilise /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
immobilisions /i.mɔ.bi.li.zjɔ̃/ |
immobilisiez /i.mɔ.bi.li.zje/ |
immobilisent /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
| imperfect2 | immobilisasse /i.mɔ.bi.li.zas/ |
immobilisasses /i.mɔ.bi.li.zas/ |
immobilisât /i.mɔ.bi.li.za/ |
immobilisassions /i.mɔ.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃/ |
immobilisassiez /i.mɔ.bi.li.za.sje/ |
immobilisassent /i.mɔ.bi.li.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | immobilise /i.mɔ.bi.liz/ |
— | immobilisons /i.mɔ.bi.li.zɔ̃/ |
immobilisez /i.mɔ.bi.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “immobiliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.