sensibiliser
French
Etymology
sensible + -iser
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/
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Verb
sensibiliser
- (transitive) to make sensitive
- (transitive) to raise awareness
- Synonym: conscientiser
Conjugation
Conjugation of sensibiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sensibiliser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sensibilisant /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sensibilisé /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ | sensibilises /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ | sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ | sensibilisons /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɔ̃/ | sensibilisez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/ | sensibilisent /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ |
| imperfect | sensibilisais /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/ | sensibilisais /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/ | sensibilisait /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/ | sensibilisions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zjɔ̃/ | sensibilisiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zje/ | sensibilisaient /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sensibilisai /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/ | sensibilisas /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/ | sensibilisa /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/ | sensibilisâmes /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zam/ | sensibilisâtes /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zat/ | sensibilisèrent /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | sensibiliserai /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁe/ | sensibiliseras /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁa/ | sensibilisera /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁa/ | sensibiliserons /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | sensibiliserez /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁe/ | sensibiliseront /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sensibiliserais /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ | sensibiliserais /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ | sensibiliserait /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ | sensibiliserions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | sensibiliseriez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zə.ʁje/ | sensibiliseraient /sɑ̃.si.bi.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 | sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ | sensibilises /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ | sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ | sensibilisions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zjɔ̃/ | sensibilisiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zje/ | sensibilisent /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ |
| imperfect2 | sensibilisasse /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/ | sensibilisasses /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/ | sensibilisât /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/ | sensibilisassions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃/ | sensibilisassiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za.sje/ | sensibilisassent /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/ | — | sensibilisons /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɔ̃/ | sensibilisez /sɑ̃.si.bi.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- désensibiliser
- sensibilisation
Further reading
- “sensibiliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- “sensibiliser” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
- “sensibiliser” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.