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minimiser
minimiser
French
Etymology
Borrowing from English minimize.
Verb
minimiser
- to lessen the importance of in the mind of people; to belittle, downplay, understate.
- (proscribed) To reduce the effect of; to minimize.
Conjugation
Conjugation of minimiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | minimiser | avoir minimisé | |||||
| gerund | en minimisant | en ayant minimisé | |||||
| present participle | minimisant /mi.ni.mi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | minimisé /mi.ni.mi.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 | minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimises /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimisons /mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/ |
minimisez /mi.ni.mi.ze/ |
minimisent /mi.ni.miz/ |
| imperfect | minimisais /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/ |
minimisais /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/ |
minimisait /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/ |
minimisions /mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/ |
minimisiez /mi.ni.mi.zje/ |
minimisaient /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | minimisai /mi.ni.mi.ze/ |
minimisas /mi.ni.mi.za/ |
minimisa /mi.ni.mi.za/ |
minimisâmes /mi.ni.mi.zam/ |
minimisâtes /mi.ni.mi.zat/ |
minimisèrent /mi.ni.mi.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | minimiserai /mi.ni.miz.ʁe/ |
minimiseras /mi.ni.miz.ʁa/ |
minimisera /mi.ni.miz.ʁa/ |
minimiserons /mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/ |
minimiserez /mi.ni.miz.ʁe/ |
minimiseront /mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | minimiserais /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/ |
minimiserais /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/ |
minimiserait /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/ |
minimiserions /mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
minimiseriez /mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁje/ |
minimiseraient /mi.ni.miz.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 | minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimises /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
minimisions /mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/ |
minimisiez /mi.ni.mi.zje/ |
minimisent /mi.ni.miz/ |
| imperfect1 |
minimisasse /mi.ni.mi.zas/ |
minimisasses /mi.ni.mi.zas/ |
minimisât /mi.ni.mi.za/ |
minimisassions /mi.ni.mi.za.sjɔ̃/ |
minimisassiez /mi.ni.mi.za.sje/ |
minimisassent /mi.ni.mi.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 | – | |
| — | minimise /mi.ni.miz/ |
— | minimisons /mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/ |
minimisez /mi.ni.mi.ze/ |
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