symboliser

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English

Noun

symboliser (plural symbolisers)

  1. Alternative form of symbolizer

French

Etymology

From symbole +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sɛ̃.bɔ.li.ze/
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Verb

symboliser

  1. to symbolize (to be symbolic of; to represent)

Conjugation

Conjugation of symboliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple symboliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple symbolisant
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle symbolisé
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present symbolise
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/ 		symbolises
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/ 		symbolise
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/ 		symbolisons
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zɔ̃/ 		symbolisez
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.ze/ 		symbolisent
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/
imperfect symbolisais
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zɛ/ 		symbolisais
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zɛ/ 		symbolisait
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zɛ/ 		symbolisions
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zjɔ̃/ 		symbolisiez
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zje/ 		symbolisaient
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zɛ/
past historic2 symbolisai
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.ze/ 		symbolisas
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.za/ 		symbolisa
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.za/ 		symbolisâmes
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zam/ 		symbolisâtes
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zat/ 		symbolisèrent
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zɛʁ/
future symboliserai
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁe/ 		symboliseras
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁa/ 		symbolisera
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁa/ 		symboliserons
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁɔ̃/ 		symboliserez
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁe/ 		symboliseront
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional symboliserais
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁɛ/ 		symboliserais
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁɛ/ 		symboliserait
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz.ʁɛ/ 		symboliserions
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		symboliseriez
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zə.ʁje/ 		symboliseraient
/sɛ̃.bɔ.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 symbolise
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/ 		symbolises
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/ 		symbolise
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/ 		symbolisions
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zjɔ̃/ 		symbolisiez
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zje/ 		symbolisent
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/
imperfect2 symbolisasse
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zas/ 		symbolisasses
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zas/ 		symbolisât
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.za/ 		symbolisassions
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.za.sjɔ̃/ 		symbolisassiez
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.za.sje/ 		symbolisassent
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — symbolise
/sɛ̃.bɔ.liz/ 		— symbolisons
/sɛ̃.bɔ.li.zɔ̃/ 		symbolisez
/sɛ̃.bɔ.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).

Further reading

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Verb

symboliser

  1. imperative of symbolisere
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