fossiliser

fossiliser

French

Etymology

    From fossile +‎ -iser.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /fɔ.si.li.ze/
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    Verb

    fossiliser

    1. to fossilize

    Conjugation

    Conjugation of fossiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple fossiliser
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple fossilisant
    /fɔ.si.li.zɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle fossilisé
    /fɔ.si.li.ze/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present fossilise
    /fɔ.si.liz/     		fossilises
    /fɔ.si.liz/     		fossilise
    /fɔ.si.liz/     		fossilisons
    /fɔ.si.li.zɔ̃/     		fossilisez
    /fɔ.si.li.ze/     		fossilisent
    /fɔ.si.liz/
    imperfect fossilisais
    /fɔ.si.li.zɛ/     		fossilisais
    /fɔ.si.li.zɛ/     		fossilisait
    /fɔ.si.li.zɛ/     		fossilisions
    /fɔ.si.li.zjɔ̃/     		fossilisiez
    /fɔ.si.li.zje/     		fossilisaient
    /fɔ.si.li.zɛ/
    past historic2 fossilisai
    /fɔ.si.li.ze/     		fossilisas
    /fɔ.si.li.za/     		fossilisa
    /fɔ.si.li.za/     		fossilisâmes
    /fɔ.si.li.zam/     		fossilisâtes
    /fɔ.si.li.zat/     		fossilisèrent
    /fɔ.si.li.zɛʁ/
    future fossiliserai
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁe/     		fossiliseras
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁa/     		fossilisera
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁa/     		fossiliserons
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁɔ̃/     		fossiliserez
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁe/     		fossiliseront
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁɔ̃/
    conditional fossiliserais
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁɛ/     		fossiliserais
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁɛ/     		fossiliserait
    /fɔ.si.liz.ʁɛ/     		fossiliserions
    /fɔ.si.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/     		fossiliseriez
    /fɔ.si.li.zə.ʁje/     		fossiliseraient
    /fɔ.si.liz.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 fossilise
    /fɔ.si.liz/     		fossilises
    /fɔ.si.liz/     		fossilise
    /fɔ.si.liz/     		fossilisions
    /fɔ.si.li.zjɔ̃/     		fossilisiez
    /fɔ.si.li.zje/     		fossilisent
    /fɔ.si.liz/
    imperfect2 fossilisasse
    /fɔ.si.li.zas/     		fossilisasses
    /fɔ.si.li.zas/     		fossilisât
    /fɔ.si.li.za/     		fossilisassions
    /fɔ.si.li.za.sjɔ̃/     		fossilisassiez
    /fɔ.si.li.za.sje/     		fossilisassent
    /fɔ.si.li.zas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — fossilise
    /fɔ.si.liz/     		— fossilisons
    /fɔ.si.li.zɔ̃/     		fossilisez
    /fɔ.si.li.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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