subtiliser

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /syp.ti.li.ze/
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Verb

subtiliser

  1. (transitive) to snatch; take possession of
    subtiliser la montre à l’homme
    snatch the watch off the man

Conjugation

Conjugation of subtiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple subtiliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple subtilisant
/syp.ti.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle subtilisé
/syp.ti.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present subtilise
/syp.ti.liz/ 		subtilises
/syp.ti.liz/ 		subtilise
/syp.ti.liz/ 		subtilisons
/syp.ti.li.zɔ̃/ 		subtilisez
/syp.ti.li.ze/ 		subtilisent
/syp.ti.liz/
imperfect subtilisais
/syp.ti.li.zɛ/ 		subtilisais
/syp.ti.li.zɛ/ 		subtilisait
/syp.ti.li.zɛ/ 		subtilisions
/syp.ti.li.zjɔ̃/ 		subtilisiez
/syp.ti.li.zje/ 		subtilisaient
/syp.ti.li.zɛ/
past historic2 subtilisai
/syp.ti.li.ze/ 		subtilisas
/syp.ti.li.za/ 		subtilisa
/syp.ti.li.za/ 		subtilisâmes
/syp.ti.li.zam/ 		subtilisâtes
/syp.ti.li.zat/ 		subtilisèrent
/syp.ti.li.zɛʁ/
future subtiliserai
/syp.ti.liz.ʁe/ 		subtiliseras
/syp.ti.liz.ʁa/ 		subtilisera
/syp.ti.liz.ʁa/ 		subtiliserons
/syp.ti.liz.ʁɔ̃/ 		subtiliserez
/syp.ti.liz.ʁe/ 		subtiliseront
/syp.ti.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional subtiliserais
/syp.ti.liz.ʁɛ/ 		subtiliserais
/syp.ti.liz.ʁɛ/ 		subtiliserait
/syp.ti.liz.ʁɛ/ 		subtiliserions
/syp.ti.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		subtiliseriez
/syp.ti.li.zə.ʁje/ 		subtiliseraient
/syp.ti.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 subtilise
/syp.ti.liz/ 		subtilises
/syp.ti.liz/ 		subtilise
/syp.ti.liz/ 		subtilisions
/syp.ti.li.zjɔ̃/ 		subtilisiez
/syp.ti.li.zje/ 		subtilisent
/syp.ti.liz/
imperfect2 subtilisasse
/syp.ti.li.zas/ 		subtilisasses
/syp.ti.li.zas/ 		subtilisât
/syp.ti.li.za/ 		subtilisassions
/syp.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃/ 		subtilisassiez
/syp.ti.li.za.sje/ 		subtilisassent
/syp.ti.li.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — subtilise
/syp.ti.liz/ 		— subtilisons
/syp.ti.li.zɔ̃/ 		subtilisez
/syp.ti.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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