baptiser

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French baptiser, from Old French baptisier, borrowed from Ecclesiastical Latin, Late Latin baptīzāre, from Ancient Greek βαπτῑ́ζω (baptī́zō, “to immerse, to baptize”). Replaced the inherited Old French baptoier, batoyer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ba.ti.ze/
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Verb

baptiser

  1. to baptise
  2. to christen

Conjugation
Conjugation of baptiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple baptiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple baptisant
/ba.ti.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle baptisé
/ba.ti.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present baptise
/ba.tiz/		 baptises
/ba.tiz/		 baptise
/ba.tiz/		 baptisons
/ba.ti.zɔ̃/		 baptisez
/ba.ti.ze/		 baptisent
/ba.tiz/
imperfect baptisais
/ba.ti.zɛ/		 baptisais
/ba.ti.zɛ/		 baptisait
/ba.ti.zɛ/		 baptisions
/ba.ti.zjɔ̃/		 baptisiez
/ba.ti.zje/		 baptisaient
/ba.ti.zɛ/
past historic2 baptisai
/ba.ti.ze/		 baptisas
/ba.ti.za/		 baptisa
/ba.ti.za/		 baptisâmes
/ba.ti.zam/		 baptisâtes
/ba.ti.zat/		 baptisèrent
/ba.ti.zɛʁ/
future baptiserai
/ba.tiz.ʁe/		 baptiseras
/ba.tiz.ʁa/		 baptisera
/ba.tiz.ʁa/		 baptiserons
/ba.tiz.ʁɔ̃/		 baptiserez
/ba.tiz.ʁe/		 baptiseront
/ba.tiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional baptiserais
/ba.tiz.ʁɛ/		 baptiserais
/ba.tiz.ʁɛ/		 baptiserait
/ba.tiz.ʁɛ/		 baptiserions
/ba.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 baptiseriez
/ba.ti.zə.ʁje/		 baptiseraient
/ba.tiz.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 baptise
/ba.tiz/		 baptises
/ba.tiz/		 baptise
/ba.tiz/		 baptisions
/ba.ti.zjɔ̃/		 baptisiez
/ba.ti.zje/		 baptisent
/ba.tiz/
imperfect2 baptisasse
/ba.ti.zas/		 baptisasses
/ba.ti.zas/		 baptisât
/ba.ti.za/		 baptisassions
/ba.ti.za.sjɔ̃/		 baptisassiez
/ba.ti.za.sje/		 baptisassent
/ba.ti.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — baptise
/ba.tiz/		 — baptisons
/ba.ti.zɔ̃/		 baptisez
/ba.ti.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).

Descendants
  • → Franco-Provençal: baptisiér

Further reading

Latin

Verb

baptīser

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of baptīsō

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French baptiser.

Verb

baptiser

  1. to baptize

Conjugation
  • Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.
Conjugation of baptiser
infinitive simple baptiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2 simple baptisant
compound present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle baptisé
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative ie (i’) tu il, elle nous vous ilz, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present baptise baptises baptise baptisons baptisez baptisent
imperfect baptisois, baptisoys baptisois, baptisoys baptisoit, baptisoyt baptisions, baptisyons baptisiez, baptisyez baptisoient, baptisoyent
past historic baptisa baptisas baptisa baptisasmes baptisastes baptiserent
future baptiserai, baptiseray baptiseras baptisera baptiserons baptiserez baptiseront
conditional baptiserois, baptiseroys baptiserois, baptiseroys baptiseroit, baptiseroyt baptiserions, baptiseryons baptiseriez, baptiseryez baptiseroient, baptiseroyent
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que ie (i’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present baptise baptises baptise baptisons baptisez baptisent
imperfect baptisasse baptisasses baptisast baptisassions baptisassiez baptisassent
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — baptise — baptisons baptisez —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants
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