minimiser
English
Noun
minimiser (plural minimisers)
- Alternative spelling of minimizer.
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English minimize.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mi.ni.mi.ze/
Audio (Canada): (file)
Verb
minimiser
- To lessen the importance of in the mind of people; to belittle, downplay, understate.
- Near-synonym: relativiser
- (sometimes proscribed) To reduce the effect of; to minimize.
- (computing, informal) To minimize the file size or dimension of.
- Synonym: minifier
Usage notes
- In the meaning "render smaller in size or scope", minimiser is considered an anglicism and verbs like réduire, limiter or atténuer are considered preferable by some.
Conjugation
Conjugation of minimiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | minimiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | minimisant /mi.ni.mi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | minimisé /mi.ni.mi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimises /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimisons /mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/ |
minimisez /mi.ni.mi.ze/ |
minimisent /mi.ni.miz/ |
| imperfect | minimisais /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/ |
minimisais /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/ |
minimisait /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/ |
minimisions /mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/ |
minimisiez /mi.ni.mi.zje/ |
minimisaient /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | minimisai /mi.ni.mi.ze/ |
minimisas /mi.ni.mi.za/ |
minimisa /mi.ni.mi.za/ |
minimisâmes /mi.ni.mi.zam/ |
minimisâtes /mi.ni.mi.zat/ |
minimisèrent /mi.ni.mi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | minimiserai /mi.ni.miz.ʁe/ |
minimiseras /mi.ni.miz.ʁa/ |
minimisera /mi.ni.miz.ʁa/ |
minimiserons /mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/ |
minimiserez /mi.ni.miz.ʁe/ |
minimiseront /mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | minimiserais /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/ |
minimiserais /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/ |
minimiserait /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/ |
minimiserions /mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
minimiseriez /mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁje/ |
minimiseraient /mi.ni.miz.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 | minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimises /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimisions /mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/ |
minimisiez /mi.ni.mi.zje/ |
minimisent /mi.ni.miz/ |
| imperfect2 | minimisasse /mi.ni.mi.zas/ |
minimisasses /mi.ni.mi.zas/ |
minimisât /mi.ni.mi.za/ |
minimisassions /mi.ni.mi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
minimisassiez /mi.ni.mi.za.sje/ |
minimisassent /mi.ni.mi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
— | minimisons /mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/ |
minimisez /mi.ni.mi.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
- “minimiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.