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catalyser
catalyser
English
Noun
catalyser (plural catalysers)
- (British) Alternative form of catalyzer
- a catalytic converter
French
Etymology
catalyse (“catalysis”) + -er
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.ta.li.ze/
Verb
catalyser
Conjugation
Conjugation of catalyser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | catalyser | avoir catalysé | |||||
| gerund | en catalysant | en ayant catalysé | |||||
| present participle | catalysant /ka.ta.li.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | catalysé /ka.ta.li.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 | catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ |
catalyses /ka.ta.liz/ |
catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ |
catalysons /ka.ta.li.zɔ̃/ |
catalysez /ka.ta.li.ze/ |
catalysent /ka.ta.liz/ |
| imperfect | catalysais /ka.ta.li.zɛ/ |
catalysais /ka.ta.li.zɛ/ |
catalysait /ka.ta.li.zɛ/ |
catalysions /ka.ta.li.zjɔ̃/ |
catalysiez /ka.ta.li.zje/ |
catalysaient /ka.ta.li.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | catalysai /ka.ta.li.ze/ |
catalysas /ka.ta.li.za/ |
catalysa /ka.ta.li.za/ |
catalysâmes /ka.ta.li.zam/ |
catalysâtes /ka.ta.li.zat/ |
catalysèrent /ka.ta.li.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | catalyserai /ka.ta.liz.ʁe/ |
catalyseras /ka.ta.liz.ʁa/ |
catalysera /ka.ta.liz.ʁa/ |
catalyserons /ka.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
catalyserez /ka.ta.liz.ʁe/ |
catalyseront /ka.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | catalyserais /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ |
catalyserais /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ |
catalyserait /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ |
catalyserions /ka.ta.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
catalyseriez /ka.ta.li.zə.ʁje/ |
catalyseraient /ka.ta.liz.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 | catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ |
catalyses /ka.ta.liz/ |
catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ |
catalysions /ka.ta.li.zjɔ̃/ |
catalysiez /ka.ta.li.zje/ |
catalysent /ka.ta.liz/ |
| imperfect1 |
catalysasse /ka.ta.li.zas/ |
catalysasses /ka.ta.li.zas/ |
catalysât /ka.ta.li.za/ |
catalysassions /ka.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/ |
catalysassiez /ka.ta.li.za.sje/ |
catalysassent /ka.ta.li.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 | – | |
| — | catalyse /ka.ta.liz/ |
— | catalysons /ka.ta.li.zɔ̃/ |
catalysez /ka.ta.li.ze/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||