relativiser

English

Noun

relativiser (plural relativisers)

  1. Alternative form of relativizer

French

Etymology

From relatif +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/
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Verb

relativiser

  1. (transitive) to relativize
  2. (informal, transitive, intransitive) to put into perspective; to put things into perspective
    Synonym: faire la part des choses
    Near-synonym: minimiser

Conjugation
Conjugation of relativiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple relativiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple relativisant
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle relativisé
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present relativise
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/		 relativises
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/		 relativise
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/		 relativisons
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɔ̃/		 relativisez
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/		 relativisent
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/
imperfect relativisais
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/		 relativisais
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/		 relativisait
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/		 relativisions
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zjɔ̃/		 relativisiez
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zje/		 relativisaient
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/
past historic2 relativisai
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/		 relativisas
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/		 relativisa
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/		 relativisâmes
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zam/		 relativisâtes
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zat/		 relativisèrent
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛʁ/
future relativiserai
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁe/		 relativiseras
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁa/		 relativisera
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁa/		 relativiserons
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɔ̃/		 relativiserez
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁe/		 relativiseront
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional relativiserais
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/		 relativiserais
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/		 relativiserait
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/		 relativiserions
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 relativiseriez
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zə.ʁje/		 relativiseraient
/ʁə.la.ti.viz.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 relativise
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/		 relativises
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/		 relativise
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/		 relativisions
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zjɔ̃/		 relativisiez
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zje/		 relativisent
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/
imperfect2 relativisasse
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/		 relativisasses
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/		 relativisât
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/		 relativisassions
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sjɔ̃/		 relativisassiez
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sje/		 relativisassent
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — relativise
/ʁə.la.ti.viz/		 — relativisons
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɔ̃/		 relativisez
/ʁə.la.ti.vi.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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