sympathiser
English
Etymology
sympathise + -er
Noun
sympathiser (plural sympathisers)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of sympathizer.
French
Etymology
From sympathie + -iser.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sɛ̃.pa.ti.ze/
Audio (file)
Verb
sympathiser
- to hit it off
- Synonym: fraterniser
Conjugation
Conjugation of sympathiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | sympathiser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | sympathisant /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | sympathisé /sɛ̃.pa.ti.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | sympathise /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ | sympathises /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ | sympathise /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ | sympathisons /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɔ̃/ | sympathisez /sɛ̃.pa.ti.ze/ | sympathisent /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ |
imperfect | sympathisais /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɛ/ | sympathisais /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɛ/ | sympathisait /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɛ/ | sympathisions /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zjɔ̃/ | sympathisiez /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zje/ | sympathisaient /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | sympathisai /sɛ̃.pa.ti.ze/ | sympathisas /sɛ̃.pa.ti.za/ | sympathisa /sɛ̃.pa.ti.za/ | sympathisâmes /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zam/ | sympathisâtes /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zat/ | sympathisèrent /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɛʁ/ | |
future | sympathiserai /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁe/ | sympathiseras /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁa/ | sympathisera /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁa/ | sympathiserons /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ | sympathiserez /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁe/ | sympathiseront /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | sympathiserais /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁɛ/ | sympathiserais /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁɛ/ | sympathiserait /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.ʁɛ/ | sympathiserions /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | sympathiseriez /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zə.ʁje/ | sympathiseraient /sɛ̃.pa.tiz.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 | sympathise /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ | sympathises /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ | sympathise /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ | sympathisions /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zjɔ̃/ | sympathisiez /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zje/ | sympathisent /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ |
imperfect2 | sympathisasse /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zas/ | sympathisasses /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zas/ | sympathisât /sɛ̃.pa.ti.za/ | sympathisassions /sɛ̃.pa.ti.za.sjɔ̃/ | sympathisassiez /sɛ̃.pa.ti.za.sje/ | sympathisassent /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | sympathise /sɛ̃.pa.tiz/ | — | sympathisons /sɛ̃.pa.ti.zɔ̃/ | sympathisez /sɛ̃.pa.ti.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
- sympathisant
Further reading
- “sympathiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.