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coloniser
coloniser
English
Noun
coloniser (plural colonisers)
- Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of colonizer.
French
Etymology
Verb
coloniser
- to colonise
Conjugation
Conjugation of coloniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | coloniser | avoir colonisé | |||||
| gerund | en colonisant | en ayant colonisé | |||||
| present participle | colonisant /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | colonisé /kɔ.lɔ.ni.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 | colonise /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
colonises /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
colonise /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
colonisons /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zɔ̃/ |
colonisez /kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze/ |
colonisent /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
| imperfect | colonisais /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
colonisais /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
colonisait /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
colonisions /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
colonisiez /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zje/ |
colonisaient /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | colonisai /kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze/ |
colonisas /kɔ.lɔ.ni.za/ |
colonisa /kɔ.lɔ.ni.za/ |
colonisâmes /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zam/ |
colonisâtes /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zat/ |
colonisèrent /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | coloniserai /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁe/ |
coloniseras /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁa/ |
colonisera /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁa/ |
coloniserons /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ |
coloniserez /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁe/ |
coloniseront /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | coloniserais /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
coloniserais /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
coloniserait /kɔ.lɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
coloniserions /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
coloniseriez /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zə.ʁje/ |
coloniseraient /kɔ.lɔ.niz.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 | colonise /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
colonises /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
colonise /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
colonisions /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
colonisiez /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zje/ |
colonisent /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
| imperfect1 |
colonisasse /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zas/ |
colonisasses /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zas/ |
colonisât /kɔ.lɔ.ni.za/ |
colonisassions /kɔ.lɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/ |
colonisassiez /kɔ.lɔ.ni.za.sje/ |
colonisassent /kɔ.lɔ.ni.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 | – | |
| — | colonise /kɔ.lɔ.niz/ |
— | colonisons /kɔ.lɔ.ni.zɔ̃/ |
colonisez /kɔ.lɔ.ni.ze/ |
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