relativiser
English
Noun
relativiser (plural relativisers)
- Alternative form of relativizer
French
Etymology
relatif + -iser
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/
Audio (file)
Verb
relativiser
- to relativize
- (informal) to put things into perspective
- Synonym: faire la part des choses
Conjugation
Conjugation of relativiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | relativiser | |||||
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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). |
Further reading
- “relativiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.