éterniser

French

Etymology

From Latin aeternus + -iser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /e.tɛʁ.ni.ze/
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Verb

éterniser

  1. to drag out, to prolong
    Synonym: prolonger
  2. to immortalize
    Synonym: immortaliser
  3. (reflexive) to drag on

Conjugation
Conjugation of éterniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple éterniser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple éternisant
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle éternisé
/e.tɛʁ.ni.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present éternise
/e.tɛʁ.niz/		 éternises
/e.tɛʁ.niz/		 éternise
/e.tɛʁ.niz/		 éternisons
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/		 éternisez
/e.tɛʁ.ni.ze/		 éternisent
/e.tɛʁ.niz/
imperfect éternisais
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/		 éternisais
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/		 éternisait
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/		 éternisions
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/		 éternisiez
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zje/		 éternisaient
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/
past historic2 éternisai
/e.tɛʁ.ni.ze/		 éternisas
/e.tɛʁ.ni.za/		 éternisa
/e.tɛʁ.ni.za/		 éternisâmes
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zam/		 éternisâtes
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zat/		 éternisèrent
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zɛʁ/
future éterniserai
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁe/		 éterniseras
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁa/		 éternisera
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁa/		 éterniserons
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/		 éterniserez
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁe/		 éterniseront
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional éterniserais
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/		 éterniserais
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/		 éterniserait
/e.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/		 éterniserions
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 éterniseriez
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁje/		 éterniseraient
/e.tɛʁ.niz.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 éternise
/e.tɛʁ.niz/		 éternises
/e.tɛʁ.niz/		 éternise
/e.tɛʁ.niz/		 éternisions
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/		 éternisiez
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zje/		 éternisent
/e.tɛʁ.niz/
imperfect2 éternisasse
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zas/		 éternisasses
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zas/		 éternisât
/e.tɛʁ.ni.za/		 éternisassions
/e.tɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/		 éternisassiez
/e.tɛʁ.ni.za.sje/		 éternisassent
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — éternise
/e.tɛʁ.niz/		 — éternisons
/e.tɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/		 éternisez
/e.tɛʁ.ni.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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