temporiser

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English

Noun

temporiser (plural temporisers)

  1. Alternative form of temporizer

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French

Etymology

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Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.ze/
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Verb

temporiser

  1. (intransitive) to temporize, stall
    Synonyms: ajourner, différer
    • 2024 July 8, Laurent Alexander, “Qui pour succéder à Gabriel Attal à Matignon ?”, in La Provence, page 4:
      Autre figure montante à gauche, l’écologiste Marine Tondelier a choisi de temporiser hier soir, déclarant que le temps n’était pas aux “courses de petits chevaux” ni au nom (de la) Premier(ère) ministre, mais au “travail et (au) collectif”.
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Conjugation

Conjugation of temporiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple temporiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple temporisant
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle temporisé
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present temporise
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/ 		temporises
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/ 		temporise
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/ 		temporisons
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/ 		temporisez
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.ze/ 		temporisent
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/
imperfect temporisais
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zɛ/ 		temporisais
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zɛ/ 		temporisait
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zɛ/ 		temporisions
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		temporisiez
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zje/ 		temporisaient
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zɛ/
past historic2 temporisai
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.ze/ 		temporisas
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.za/ 		temporisa
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.za/ 		temporisâmes
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zam/ 		temporisâtes
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zat/ 		temporisèrent
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zɛʁ/
future temporiserai
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁe/ 		temporiseras
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁa/ 		temporisera
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁa/ 		temporiserons
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ 		temporiserez
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁe/ 		temporiseront
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional temporiserais
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		temporiserais
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		temporiserait
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		temporiserions
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		temporiseriez
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zə.ʁje/ 		temporiseraient
/tɑ̃.pɔ.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 temporise
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/ 		temporises
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/ 		temporise
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/ 		temporisions
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		temporisiez
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zje/ 		temporisent
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/
imperfect2 temporisasse
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zas/ 		temporisasses
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zas/ 		temporisât
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.za/ 		temporisassions
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ 		temporisassiez
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.za.sje/ 		temporisassent
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — temporise
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁiz/ 		— temporisons
/tɑ̃.pɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/ 		temporisez
/tɑ̃.pɔ.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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