minimiser

English

Noun

minimiser (plural minimisers)

  1. Alternative spelling of minimizer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English minimize.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mi.ni.mi.ze/
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Verb

minimiser

  1. to lessen the importance of in the mind of people; to belittle, downplay, understate
    Near-synonym: relativiser
  2. (proscribed) to reduce the effect of; to minimize

Usage notes

Conjugation
Conjugation of minimiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple minimiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple minimisant
/mi.ni.mi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle minimisé
/mi.ni.mi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present minimise
/mi.ni.miz/		 minimises
/mi.ni.miz/		 minimise
/mi.ni.miz/		 minimisons
/mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/		 minimisez
/mi.ni.mi.ze/		 minimisent
/mi.ni.miz/
imperfect minimisais
/mi.ni.mi.zɛ/		 minimisais
/mi.ni.mi.zɛ/		 minimisait
/mi.ni.mi.zɛ/		 minimisions
/mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/		 minimisiez
/mi.ni.mi.zje/		 minimisaient
/mi.ni.mi.zɛ/
past historic2 minimisai
/mi.ni.mi.ze/		 minimisas
/mi.ni.mi.za/		 minimisa
/mi.ni.mi.za/		 minimisâmes
/mi.ni.mi.zam/		 minimisâtes
/mi.ni.mi.zat/		 minimisèrent
/mi.ni.mi.zɛʁ/
future minimiserai
/mi.ni.miz.ʁe/		 minimiseras
/mi.ni.miz.ʁa/		 minimisera
/mi.ni.miz.ʁa/		 minimiserons
/mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/		 minimiserez
/mi.ni.miz.ʁe/		 minimiseront
/mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional minimiserais
/mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/		 minimiserais
/mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/		 minimiserait
/mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/		 minimiserions
/mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 minimiseriez
/mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁje/		 minimiseraient
/mi.ni.miz.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 minimise
/mi.ni.miz/		 minimises
/mi.ni.miz/		 minimise
/mi.ni.miz/		 minimisions
/mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/		 minimisiez
/mi.ni.mi.zje/		 minimisent
/mi.ni.miz/
imperfect2 minimisasse
/mi.ni.mi.zas/		 minimisasses
/mi.ni.mi.zas/		 minimisât
/mi.ni.mi.za/		 minimisassions
/mi.ni.mi.za.sjɔ̃/		 minimisassiez
/mi.ni.mi.za.sje/		 minimisassent
/mi.ni.mi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — minimise
/mi.ni.miz/		 — minimisons
/mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/		 minimisez
/mi.ni.mi.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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