maximiser
English
Noun
maximiser (plural maximisers)
- Alternative spelling of maximizer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English maximize + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mak.si.mi.ze/
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Verb
maximiser
- (transitive) to maximize
Conjugation
Conjugation of maximiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | maximiser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | maximisant /mak.si.mi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | maximisé /mak.si.mi.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | maximise /mak.si.miz/ | maximises /mak.si.miz/ | maximise /mak.si.miz/ | maximisons /mak.si.mi.zɔ̃/ | maximisez /mak.si.mi.ze/ | maximisent /mak.si.miz/ |
imperfect | maximisais /mak.si.mi.zɛ/ | maximisais /mak.si.mi.zɛ/ | maximisait /mak.si.mi.zɛ/ | maximisions /mak.si.mi.zjɔ̃/ | maximisiez /mak.si.mi.zje/ | maximisaient /mak.si.mi.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | maximisai /mak.si.mi.ze/ | maximisas /mak.si.mi.za/ | maximisa /mak.si.mi.za/ | maximisâmes /mak.si.mi.zam/ | maximisâtes /mak.si.mi.zat/ | maximisèrent /mak.si.mi.zɛʁ/ | |
future | maximiserai /mak.si.miz.ʁe/ | maximiseras /mak.si.miz.ʁa/ | maximisera /mak.si.miz.ʁa/ | maximiserons /mak.si.miz.ʁɔ̃/ | maximiserez /mak.si.miz.ʁe/ | maximiseront /mak.si.miz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | maximiserais /mak.si.miz.ʁɛ/ | maximiserais /mak.si.miz.ʁɛ/ | maximiserait /mak.si.miz.ʁɛ/ | maximiserions /mak.si.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | maximiseriez /mak.si.mi.zə.ʁje/ | maximiseraient /mak.si.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 | maximise /mak.si.miz/ | maximises /mak.si.miz/ | maximise /mak.si.miz/ | maximisions /mak.si.mi.zjɔ̃/ | maximisiez /mak.si.mi.zje/ | maximisent /mak.si.miz/ |
imperfect2 | maximisasse /mak.si.mi.zas/ | maximisasses /mak.si.mi.zas/ | maximisât /mak.si.mi.za/ | maximisassions /mak.si.mi.za.sjɔ̃/ | maximisassiez /mak.si.mi.za.sje/ | maximisassent /mak.si.mi.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | maximise /mak.si.miz/ | — | maximisons /mak.si.mi.zɔ̃/ | maximisez /mak.si.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
- “maximiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.