caractériser

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.ze/
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Verb

caractériser

  1. to characterize

Conjugation

Conjugation of caractériser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple caractériser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple caractérisant
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle caractérisé
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/ 		caractérises
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/ 		caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/ 		caractérisons
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɔ̃/ 		caractérisez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.ze/ 		caractérisent
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/
imperfect caractérisais
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛ/ 		caractérisais
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛ/ 		caractérisait
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛ/ 		caractérisions
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		caractérisiez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zje/ 		caractérisaient
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛ/
past historic2 caractérisai
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.ze/ 		caractérisas
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za/ 		caractérisa
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za/ 		caractérisâmes
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zam/ 		caractérisâtes
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zat/ 		caractérisèrent
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛʁ/
future caractériserai
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁe/ 		caractériseras
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁa/ 		caractérisera
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁa/ 		caractériserons
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ 		caractériserez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁe/ 		caractériseront
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional caractériserais
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		caractériserais
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		caractériserait
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		caractériserions
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		caractériseriez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zə.ʁje/ 		caractériseraient
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.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 caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/ 		caractérises
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/ 		caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/ 		caractérisions
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		caractérisiez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zje/ 		caractérisent
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/
imperfect2 caractérisasse
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zas/ 		caractérisasses
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zas/ 		caractérisât
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za/ 		caractérisassions
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ 		caractérisassiez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za.sje/ 		caractérisassent
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/ 		— caractérisons
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɔ̃/ 		caractérisez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.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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