relativiser
English
Noun
relativiser (plural relativisers)
- Alternative form of relativizer.
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/
Audio: (file)
Verb
relativiser
- (transitive) to relativize
- (informal, ambitransitive) to put into perspective; to put things into perspective
- Synonym: faire la part des choses
- Near-synonym: minimiser
Conjugation
Conjugation of relativiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | relativiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | relativisant /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | relativisé /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
relativises /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
relativisons /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɔ̃/ |
relativisez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/ |
relativisent /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
| imperfect | relativisais /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/ |
relativisais /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/ |
relativisait /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/ |
relativisions /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zjɔ̃/ |
relativisiez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zje/ |
relativisaient /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | relativisai /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/ |
relativisas /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/ |
relativisa /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/ |
relativisâmes /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zam/ |
relativisâtes /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zat/ |
relativisèrent /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | relativiserai /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁe/ |
relativiseras /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁa/ |
relativisera /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁa/ |
relativiserons /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɔ̃/ |
relativiserez /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁe/ |
relativiseront /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | relativiserais /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/ |
relativiserais /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/ |
relativiserait /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/ |
relativiserions /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
relativiseriez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zə.ʁje/ |
relativiseraient /ʁə.la.ti.viz.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 | relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
relativises /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
relativisions /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zjɔ̃/ |
relativisiez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zje/ |
relativisent /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
| imperfect2 | relativisasse /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/ |
relativisasses /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/ |
relativisât /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/ |
relativisassions /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
relativisassiez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sje/ |
relativisassent /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/ |
— | relativisons /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɔ̃/ |
relativisez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.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
- “relativiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.