stabiliser

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

stabilise +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

stabiliser (plural stabilisers)

  1. (non-Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of stabilizer.
    • Sense 3 of stabilizer:
      1947 September and October, “First Southern Railway Post-War Vessel”, in Railway Magazine, page 294:
      Another interesting feature of the Falaise is that she is provided with a Denny Brown stabiliser to minimise rolling, and amenities for the passenger include the provision of a radio telephone service, which is available on passage.
    • 2021 December 29, “Network News: RAIB: tighten up supervision after 27mph train sideswipe incident”, in RAIL, number 947, page 8:
      The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.

Derived terms[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From stable +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /sta.bi.li.ze/
  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

stabiliser

  1. (transitive) to stabilise
  2. (reflexive, se stabiliser) to stabilise

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of stabiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple stabiliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple stabilisant
/sta.bi.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle stabilisé
/sta.bi.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/ 		stabilises
/sta.bi.liz/ 		stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/ 		stabilisons
/sta.bi.li.zɔ̃/ 		stabilisez
/sta.bi.li.ze/ 		stabilisent
/sta.bi.liz/
imperfect stabilisais
/sta.bi.li.zɛ/ 		stabilisais
/sta.bi.li.zɛ/ 		stabilisait
/sta.bi.li.zɛ/ 		stabilisions
/sta.bi.li.zjɔ̃/ 		stabilisiez
/sta.bi.li.zje/ 		stabilisaient
/sta.bi.li.zɛ/
past historic2 stabilisai
/sta.bi.li.ze/ 		stabilisas
/sta.bi.li.za/ 		stabilisa
/sta.bi.li.za/ 		stabilisâmes
/sta.bi.li.zam/ 		stabilisâtes
/sta.bi.li.zat/ 		stabilisèrent
/sta.bi.li.zɛʁ/
future stabiliserai
/sta.bi.liz.ʁe/ 		stabiliseras
/sta.bi.liz.ʁa/ 		stabilisera
/sta.bi.liz.ʁa/ 		stabiliserons
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/ 		stabiliserez
/sta.bi.liz.ʁe/ 		stabiliseront
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional stabiliserais
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ 		stabiliserais
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ 		stabiliserait
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɛ/ 		stabiliserions
/sta.bi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		stabiliseriez
/sta.bi.li.zə.ʁje/ 		stabiliseraient
/sta.bi.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 stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/ 		stabilises
/sta.bi.liz/ 		stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/ 		stabilisions
/sta.bi.li.zjɔ̃/ 		stabilisiez
/sta.bi.li.zje/ 		stabilisent
/sta.bi.liz/
imperfect2 stabilisasse
/sta.bi.li.zas/ 		stabilisasses
/sta.bi.li.zas/ 		stabilisât
/sta.bi.li.za/ 		stabilisassions
/sta.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃/ 		stabilisassiez
/sta.bi.li.za.sje/ 		stabilisassent
/sta.bi.li.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/ 		— stabilisons
/sta.bi.li.zɔ̃/ 		stabilisez
/sta.bi.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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Descendants[edit]

  • → Romanian: stabiliza

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Verb[edit]

stabiliser

  1. imperative of stabilisere
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