Alteration, based on the Latin etymology, of Old French deviser, itself from a Vulgar Latin *devisāre < *divisāre, from Latin dīvīsum, supine of dīvidō (“to divide”). Compare deviser.
diviser
| infinitive | simple | diviser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | divisant /di.vi.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | divisé /di.vi.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | divise /di.viz/ |
divises /di.viz/ |
divise /di.viz/ |
divisons /di.vi.zɔ̃/ |
divisez /di.vi.ze/ |
divisent /di.viz/ |
| imperfect | divisais /di.vi.zɛ/ |
divisais /di.vi.zɛ/ |
divisait /di.vi.zɛ/ |
divisions /di.vi.zjɔ̃/ |
divisiez /di.vi.zje/ |
divisaient /di.vi.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | divisai /di.vi.ze/ |
divisas /di.vi.za/ |
divisa /di.vi.za/ |
divisâmes /di.vi.zam/ |
divisâtes /di.vi.zat/ |
divisèrent /di.vi.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | diviserai /di.viz.ʁe/ |
diviseras /di.viz.ʁa/ |
divisera /di.viz.ʁa/ |
diviserons /di.viz.ʁɔ̃/ |
diviserez /di.viz.ʁe/ |
diviseront /di.viz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | diviserais /di.viz.ʁɛ/ |
diviserais /di.viz.ʁɛ/ |
diviserait /di.viz.ʁɛ/ |
diviserions /di.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
diviseriez /di.vi.zə.ʁje/ |
diviseraient /di.viz.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 | divise /di.viz/ |
divises /di.viz/ |
divise /di.viz/ |
divisions /di.vi.zjɔ̃/ |
divisiez /di.vi.zje/ |
divisent /di.viz/ |
| imperfect2 | divisasse /di.vi.zas/ |
divisasses /di.vi.zas/ |
divisât /di.vi.za/ |
divisassions /di.vi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
divisassiez /di.vi.za.sje/ |
divisassent /di.vi.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | divise /di.viz/ |
— | divisons /di.vi.zɔ̃/ |
divisez /di.vi.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||