ironiser
English
Alternative forms
- ironizer
Etymology
ironise + -er
Noun
ironiser (plural ironisers)
- Someone who speaks ironically
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
ironiser
- to be ironic
- to say ironically
Conjugation
Conjugation of ironiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | ironiser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | ironisant /i.ʁɔ.ni.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | ironisé /i.ʁɔ.ni.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | ironise /i.ʁɔ.niz/ | ironises /i.ʁɔ.niz/ | ironise /i.ʁɔ.niz/ | ironisons /i.ʁɔ.ni.zɔ̃/ | ironisez /i.ʁɔ.ni.ze/ | ironisent /i.ʁɔ.niz/ |
imperfect | ironisais /i.ʁɔ.ni.zɛ/ | ironisais /i.ʁɔ.ni.zɛ/ | ironisait /i.ʁɔ.ni.zɛ/ | ironisions /i.ʁɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/ | ironisiez /i.ʁɔ.ni.zje/ | ironisaient /i.ʁɔ.ni.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | ironisai /i.ʁɔ.ni.ze/ | ironisas /i.ʁɔ.ni.za/ | ironisa /i.ʁɔ.ni.za/ | ironisâmes /i.ʁɔ.ni.zam/ | ironisâtes /i.ʁɔ.ni.zat/ | ironisèrent /i.ʁɔ.ni.zɛʁ/ | |
future | ironiserai /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁe/ | ironiseras /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁa/ | ironisera /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁa/ | ironiserons /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ | ironiserez /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁe/ | ironiseront /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | ironiserais /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ | ironiserais /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ | ironiserait /i.ʁɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ | ironiserions /i.ʁɔ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | ironiseriez /i.ʁɔ.ni.zə.ʁje/ | ironiseraient /i.ʁɔ.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 | ironise /i.ʁɔ.niz/ | ironises /i.ʁɔ.niz/ | ironise /i.ʁɔ.niz/ | ironisions /i.ʁɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/ | ironisiez /i.ʁɔ.ni.zje/ | ironisent /i.ʁɔ.niz/ |
imperfect2 | ironisasse /i.ʁɔ.ni.zas/ | ironisasses /i.ʁɔ.ni.zas/ | ironisât /i.ʁɔ.ni.za/ | ironisassions /i.ʁɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/ | ironisassiez /i.ʁɔ.ni.za.sje/ | ironisassent /i.ʁɔ.ni.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | ironise /i.ʁɔ.niz/ | — | ironisons /i.ʁɔ.ni.zɔ̃/ | ironisez /i.ʁɔ.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
- ironie
- ironique
Further reading
- “ironiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.