bémoliser
French
Etymology
bémol + -iser
Pronunciation
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Verb
bémoliser
- (music) to flatten
- to soften
Conjugation
Conjugation of bémoliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | bémoliser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | bémolisant /be.mɔ.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | bémolisé /be.mɔ.li.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/ | bémolises /be.mɔ.liz/ | bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/ | bémolisons /be.mɔ.li.zɔ̃/ | bémolisez /be.mɔ.li.ze/ | bémolisent /be.mɔ.liz/ |
imperfect | bémolisais /be.mɔ.li.zɛ/ | bémolisais /be.mɔ.li.zɛ/ | bémolisait /be.mɔ.li.zɛ/ | bémolisions /be.mɔ.li.zjɔ̃/ | bémolisiez /be.mɔ.li.zje/ | bémolisaient /be.mɔ.li.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | bémolisai /be.mɔ.li.ze/ | bémolisas /be.mɔ.li.za/ | bémolisa /be.mɔ.li.za/ | bémolisâmes /be.mɔ.li.zam/ | bémolisâtes /be.mɔ.li.zat/ | bémolisèrent /be.mɔ.li.zɛʁ/ | |
future | bémoliserai /be.mɔ.liz.ʁe/ | bémoliseras /be.mɔ.liz.ʁa/ | bémolisera /be.mɔ.liz.ʁa/ | bémoliserons /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | bémoliserez /be.mɔ.liz.ʁe/ | bémoliseront /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | bémoliserais /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɛ/ | bémoliserais /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɛ/ | bémoliserait /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɛ/ | bémoliserions /be.mɔ.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | bémoliseriez /be.mɔ.li.zə.ʁje/ | bémoliseraient /be.mɔ.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 | bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/ | bémolises /be.mɔ.liz/ | bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/ | bémolisions /be.mɔ.li.zjɔ̃/ | bémolisiez /be.mɔ.li.zje/ | bémolisent /be.mɔ.liz/ |
imperfect2 | bémolisasse /be.mɔ.li.zas/ | bémolisasses /be.mɔ.li.zas/ | bémolisât /be.mɔ.li.za/ | bémolisassions /be.mɔ.li.za.sjɔ̃/ | bémolisassiez /be.mɔ.li.za.sje/ | bémolisassent /be.mɔ.li.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/ | — | bémolisons /be.mɔ.li.zɔ̃/ | bémolisez /be.mɔ.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
- “bémoliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.