catalyser
English
Noun
catalyser (plural catalysers)
- (British spelling) Alternative form of catalyzer
Anagrams
- acrylates
French
Etymology
catalyse (“catalysis”) + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ta.li.ze/
Audio (file)
Verb
catalyser
- (transitive, chemistry) to catalyze
Conjugation
Conjugation of catalyser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | catalyser | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | catalysant /ka.ta.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | catalysé /ka.ta.li.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ | catalyses /ka.ta.liz/ | catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ | catalysons /ka.ta.li.zɔ̃/ | catalysez /ka.ta.li.ze/ | catalysent /ka.ta.liz/ |
imperfect | catalysais /ka.ta.li.zɛ/ | catalysais /ka.ta.li.zɛ/ | catalysait /ka.ta.li.zɛ/ | catalysions /ka.ta.li.zjɔ̃/ | catalysiez /ka.ta.li.zje/ | catalysaient /ka.ta.li.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | catalysai /ka.ta.li.ze/ | catalysas /ka.ta.li.za/ | catalysa /ka.ta.li.za/ | catalysâmes /ka.ta.li.zam/ | catalysâtes /ka.ta.li.zat/ | catalysèrent /ka.ta.li.zɛʁ/ | |
future | catalyserai /ka.ta.liz.ʁe/ | catalyseras /ka.ta.liz.ʁa/ | catalysera /ka.ta.liz.ʁa/ | catalyserons /ka.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | catalyserez /ka.ta.liz.ʁe/ | catalyseront /ka.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | catalyserais /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ | catalyserais /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ | catalyserait /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ | catalyserions /ka.ta.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | catalyseriez /ka.ta.li.zə.ʁje/ | catalyseraient /ka.ta.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 | catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ | catalyses /ka.ta.liz/ | catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ | catalysions /ka.ta.li.zjɔ̃/ | catalysiez /ka.ta.li.zje/ | catalysent /ka.ta.liz/ |
imperfect2 | catalysasse /ka.ta.li.zas/ | catalysasses /ka.ta.li.zas/ | catalysât /ka.ta.li.za/ | catalysassions /ka.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/ | catalysassiez /ka.ta.li.za.sje/ | catalysassent /ka.ta.li.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ | — | catalysons /ka.ta.li.zɔ̃/ | catalysez /ka.ta.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
- “catalyser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.