caractériser

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.ze/
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Verb

caractériser

  1. to characterize

Conjugation
Conjugation of caractériser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple caractériser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple caractérisant
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle caractérisé
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/		 caractérises
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/		 caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/		 caractérisons
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɔ̃/		 caractérisez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.ze/		 caractérisent
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/
imperfect caractérisais
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛ/		 caractérisais
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛ/		 caractérisait
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛ/		 caractérisions
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zjɔ̃/		 caractérisiez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zje/		 caractérisaient
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛ/
past historic2 caractérisai
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.ze/		 caractérisas
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za/		 caractérisa
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za/		 caractérisâmes
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zam/		 caractérisâtes
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zat/		 caractérisèrent
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɛʁ/
future caractériserai
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁe/		 caractériseras
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁa/		 caractérisera
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁa/		 caractériserons
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/		 caractériserez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁe/		 caractériseront
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional caractériserais
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɛ/		 caractériserais
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɛ/		 caractériserait
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz.ʁɛ/		 caractériserions
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 caractériseriez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zə.ʁje/		 caractériseraient
/ka.ʁak.te.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 caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/		 caractérises
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/		 caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/		 caractérisions
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zjɔ̃/		 caractérisiez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zje/		 caractérisent
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/
imperfect2 caractérisasse
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zas/		 caractérisasses
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zas/		 caractérisât
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za/		 caractérisassions
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/		 caractérisassiez
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.za.sje/		 caractérisassent
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — caractérise
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁiz/		 — caractérisons
/ka.ʁak.te.ʁi.zɔ̃/		 caractérisez
/ka.ʁak.te.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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