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civiliser
civiliser
French
Etymology
Verb
civiliser
- (transitive) To civilize
Conjugation
Conjugation of civiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | civiliser | avoir civilisé | |||||
| gerund | en civilisant | en ayant civilisé | |||||
| present participle | civilisant /si.vi.li.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | civilisé /si.vi.li.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
civilises /si.vi.liz/ |
civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
civilisons /si.vi.li.zɔ̃/ |
civilisez /si.vi.li.ze/ |
civilisent /si.vi.liz/ |
| imperfect | civilisais /si.vi.li.zɛ/ |
civilisais /si.vi.li.zɛ/ |
civilisait /si.vi.li.zɛ/ |
civilisions /si.vi.li.zjɔ̃/ |
civilisiez /si.vi.li.zje/ |
civilisaient /si.vi.li.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | civilisai /si.vi.li.ze/ |
civilisas /si.vi.li.za/ |
civilisa /si.vi.li.za/ |
civilisâmes /si.vi.li.zam/ |
civilisâtes /si.vi.li.zat/ |
civilisèrent /si.vi.li.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | civiliserai /si.vi.liz.ʁe/ |
civiliseras /si.vi.liz.ʁa/ |
civilisera /si.vi.liz.ʁa/ |
civiliserons /si.vi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
civiliserez /si.vi.liz.ʁe/ |
civiliseront /si.vi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | civiliserais /si.vi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
civiliserais /si.vi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
civiliserait /si.vi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
civiliserions /si.vi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
civiliseriez /si.vi.li.zə.ʁje/ |
civiliseraient /si.vi.liz.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
civilises /si.vi.liz/ |
civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
civilisions /si.vi.li.zjɔ̃/ |
civilisiez /si.vi.li.zje/ |
civilisent /si.vi.liz/ |
| imperfect1 |
civilisasse /si.vi.li.zas/ |
civilisasses /si.vi.li.zas/ |
civilisât /si.vi.li.za/ |
civilisassions /si.vi.li.za.sjɔ̃/ |
civilisassiez /si.vi.li.za.sje/ |
civilisassent /si.vi.li.zas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | civilise /si.vi.liz/ |
— | civilisons /si.vi.li.zɔ̃/ |
civilisez /si.vi.li.ze/ |
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