canaliser

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French

Etymology

From canal +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.na.li.ze/
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Verb

canaliser

  1. (transitive) to channel; to canalise (to direct the flow)
  2. (transitive) to canalise (to render into a canal)
  3. (transitive) to channel (to direct one's efforts)
    canaliser son énergie ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Conjugation

Conjugation of canaliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple canaliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple canalisant
/ka.na.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle canalisé
/ka.na.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present canalise
/ka.na.liz/ 		canalises
/ka.na.liz/ 		canalise
/ka.na.liz/ 		canalisons
/ka.na.li.zɔ̃/ 		canalisez
/ka.na.li.ze/ 		canalisent
/ka.na.liz/
imperfect canalisais
/ka.na.li.zɛ/ 		canalisais
/ka.na.li.zɛ/ 		canalisait
/ka.na.li.zɛ/ 		canalisions
/ka.na.li.zjɔ̃/ 		canalisiez
/ka.na.li.zje/ 		canalisaient
/ka.na.li.zɛ/
past historic2 canalisai
/ka.na.li.ze/ 		canalisas
/ka.na.li.za/ 		canalisa
/ka.na.li.za/ 		canalisâmes
/ka.na.li.zam/ 		canalisâtes
/ka.na.li.zat/ 		canalisèrent
/ka.na.li.zɛʁ/
future canaliserai
/ka.na.liz.ʁe/ 		canaliseras
/ka.na.liz.ʁa/ 		canalisera
/ka.na.liz.ʁa/ 		canaliserons
/ka.na.liz.ʁɔ̃/ 		canaliserez
/ka.na.liz.ʁe/ 		canaliseront
/ka.na.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional canaliserais
/ka.na.liz.ʁɛ/ 		canaliserais
/ka.na.liz.ʁɛ/ 		canaliserait
/ka.na.liz.ʁɛ/ 		canaliserions
/ka.na.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		canaliseriez
/ka.na.li.zə.ʁje/ 		canaliseraient
/ka.na.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 canalise
/ka.na.liz/ 		canalises
/ka.na.liz/ 		canalise
/ka.na.liz/ 		canalisions
/ka.na.li.zjɔ̃/ 		canalisiez
/ka.na.li.zje/ 		canalisent
/ka.na.liz/
imperfect2 canalisasse
/ka.na.li.zas/ 		canalisasses
/ka.na.li.zas/ 		canalisât
/ka.na.li.za/ 		canalisassions
/ka.na.li.za.sjɔ̃/ 		canalisassiez
/ka.na.li.za.sje/ 		canalisassent
/ka.na.li.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — canalise
/ka.na.liz/ 		— canalisons
/ka.na.li.zɔ̃/ 		canalisez
/ka.na.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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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