minimiser
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English
[edit ]Noun
[edit ]minimiser (plural minimisers )
- Alternative spelling of minimizer .
French
[edit ]Etymology
[edit ]Borrowed from English minimize .
Pronunciation
[edit ]Verb
[edit ]minimiser
- To lessen the importance of in the mind of people; to belittle, downplay, understate.
- Near-synonym: relativiser
- (sometimes proscribed ) To reduce the effect of; to minimize.
- (computing , informal ) To minimize the file size or dimension of.
- Synonym: minifier
Usage notes
[edit ]- In the meaning "render smaller in size or scope", minimiser is considered an anglicism and verbs like réduire , limiter or atténuer are considered preferable by some.
Conjugation
[edit ]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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
[edit ]- "minimiser", in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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