humaniser

English

Noun

humaniser (plural humanisers)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of humanizer.

French

Etymology

From Latin humanus +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /y.ma.ni.ze/

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Verb

humaniser

1. (transitive) to humanise; to civilise

   Antonym: déshumaniser

Conjugation

Conjugation of humaniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	humaniser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	humanisant /y.ma.ni.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		humanisé /y.ma.ni.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	humanise /y.ma.niz/	humanises /y.ma.niz/	humanise /y.ma.niz/	humanisons /y.ma.ni.zɔ̃/	humanisez /y.ma.ni.ze/	humanisent /y.ma.niz/
	imperfect	humanisais /y.ma.ni.zɛ/	humanisais /y.ma.ni.zɛ/	humanisait /y.ma.ni.zɛ/	humanisions /y.ma.ni.zjɔ̃/	humanisiez /y.ma.ni.zje/	humanisaient /y.ma.ni.zɛ/
	past historic2	humanisai /y.ma.ni.ze/	humanisas /y.ma.ni.za/	humanisa /y.ma.ni.za/	humanisâmes /y.ma.ni.zam/	humanisâtes /y.ma.ni.zat/	humanisèrent /y.ma.ni.zɛʁ/
	future	humaniserai /y.ma.niz.ʁe/	humaniseras /y.ma.niz.ʁa/	humanisera /y.ma.niz.ʁa/	humaniserons /y.ma.niz.ʁɔ̃/	humaniserez /y.ma.niz.ʁe/	humaniseront /y.ma.niz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	humaniserais /y.ma.niz.ʁɛ/	humaniserais /y.ma.niz.ʁɛ/	humaniserait /y.ma.niz.ʁɛ/	humaniserions /y.ma.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	humaniseriez /y.ma.ni.zə.ʁje/	humaniseraient /y.ma.niz.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	humanise /y.ma.niz/	humanises /y.ma.niz/	humanise /y.ma.niz/	humanisions /y.ma.ni.zjɔ̃/	humanisiez /y.ma.ni.zje/	humanisent /y.ma.niz/
	imperfect2	humanisasse /y.ma.ni.zas/	humanisasses /y.ma.ni.zas/	humanisât /y.ma.ni.za/	humanisassions /y.ma.ni.za.sjɔ̃/	humanisassiez /y.ma.ni.za.sje/	humanisassent /y.ma.ni.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	humanise /y.ma.niz/	—	humanisons /y.ma.ni.zɔ̃/	humanisez /y.ma.ni.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).

Derived terms

• humanisation
• humanisable
• déshumaniser

Further reading

• “humaniser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• enrhumais