rationaliser
English
Etymology
rationalise + -er
Noun
rationaliser (plural rationalisers)
- Alternative form of rationalizer
French
Etymology
rationnel + -iser
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.ze/
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Verb
rationaliser
- (transitive) to rationalize
- (transitive) to streamline (to make more efficient)
Conjugation
Conjugation of rationaliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rationaliser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rationalisant /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rationalisé /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ | rationalises /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ | rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ | rationalisons /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɔ̃/ | rationalisez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.ze/ | rationalisent /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ |
| imperfect | rationalisais /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛ/ | rationalisais /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛ/ | rationalisait /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛ/ | rationalisions /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zjɔ̃/ | rationalisiez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zje/ | rationalisaient /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rationalisai /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.ze/ | rationalisas /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za/ | rationalisa /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za/ | rationalisâmes /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zam/ | rationalisâtes /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zat/ | rationalisèrent /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | rationaliserai /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁe/ | rationaliseras /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁa/ | rationalisera /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁa/ | rationaliserons /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | rationaliserez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁe/ | rationaliseront /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rationaliserais /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɛ/ | rationaliserais /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɛ/ | rationaliserait /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɛ/ | rationaliserions /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rationaliseriez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zə.ʁje/ | rationaliseraient /ʁa.sjɔ.na.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 | rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ | rationalises /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ | rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ | rationalisions /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zjɔ̃/ | rationalisiez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zje/ | rationalisent /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ |
| imperfect2 | rationalisasse /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zas/ | rationalisasses /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zas/ | rationalisât /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za/ | rationalisassions /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za.sjɔ̃/ | rationalisassiez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za.sje/ | rationalisassent /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/ | — | rationalisons /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɔ̃/ | rationalisez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.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
- “rationaliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.