fertiliser

English

Noun

fertiliser (countable and uncountable, plural fertilisers)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of fertilizer

French

Etymology

From fertile +‎ -iser.

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

fertiliser

  1. to fertilize

Conjugation
Conjugation of fertiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fertiliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fertilisant
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fertilisé
/fɛʁ.ti.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/		 fertilises
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/		 fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/		 fertilisons
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɔ̃/		 fertilisez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.ze/		 fertilisent
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/
imperfect fertilisais
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛ/		 fertilisais
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛ/		 fertilisait
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛ/		 fertilisions
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zjɔ̃/		 fertilisiez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zje/		 fertilisaient
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛ/
past historic2 fertilisai
/fɛʁ.ti.li.ze/		 fertilisas
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za/		 fertilisa
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za/		 fertilisâmes
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zam/		 fertilisâtes
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zat/		 fertilisèrent
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛʁ/
future fertiliserai
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁe/		 fertiliseras
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁa/		 fertilisera
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁa/		 fertiliserons
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɔ̃/		 fertiliserez
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁe/		 fertiliseront
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fertiliserais
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɛ/		 fertiliserais
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɛ/		 fertiliserait
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɛ/		 fertiliserions
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 fertiliseriez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zə.ʁje/		 fertiliseraient
/fɛʁ.ti.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 fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/		 fertilises
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/		 fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/		 fertilisions
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zjɔ̃/		 fertilisiez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zje/		 fertilisent
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/
imperfect2 fertilisasse
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zas/		 fertilisasses
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zas/		 fertilisât
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za/		 fertilisassions
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃/		 fertilisassiez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za.sje/		 fertilisassent
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/		 — fertilisons
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɔ̃/		 fertilisez
/fɛʁ.ti.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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