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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