diaboliser

French

Etymology

From Latin diabolus (“devil”) + -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dja.bɔ.li.ze/

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Verb

diaboliser

1. to demonise

   Synonym: (proscribed) démoniser

Conjugation

Conjugation of diaboliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	diaboliser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	diabolisant /dja.bɔ.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		diabolisé /dja.bɔ.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	diabolise /dja.bɔ.liz/	diabolises /dja.bɔ.liz/	diabolise /dja.bɔ.liz/	diabolisons /dja.bɔ.li.zɔ̃/	diabolisez /dja.bɔ.li.ze/	diabolisent /dja.bɔ.liz/
	imperfect	diabolisais /dja.bɔ.li.zɛ/	diabolisais /dja.bɔ.li.zɛ/	diabolisait /dja.bɔ.li.zɛ/	diabolisions /dja.bɔ.li.zjɔ̃/	diabolisiez /dja.bɔ.li.zje/	diabolisaient /dja.bɔ.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	diabolisai /dja.bɔ.li.ze/	diabolisas /dja.bɔ.li.za/	diabolisa /dja.bɔ.li.za/	diabolisâmes /dja.bɔ.li.zam/	diabolisâtes /dja.bɔ.li.zat/	diabolisèrent /dja.bɔ.li.zɛʁ/
	future	diaboliserai /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁe/	diaboliseras /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁa/	diabolisera /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁa/	diaboliserons /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁɔ̃/	diaboliserez /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁe/	diaboliseront /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	diaboliserais /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁɛ/	diaboliserais /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁɛ/	diaboliserait /dja.bɔ.liz.ʁɛ/	diaboliserions /dja.bɔ.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	diaboliseriez /dja.bɔ.li.zə.ʁje/	diaboliseraient /dja.bɔ.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	diabolise /dja.bɔ.liz/	diabolises /dja.bɔ.liz/	diabolise /dja.bɔ.liz/	diabolisions /dja.bɔ.li.zjɔ̃/	diabolisiez /dja.bɔ.li.zje/	diabolisent /dja.bɔ.liz/
	imperfect2	diabolisasse /dja.bɔ.li.zas/	diabolisasses /dja.bɔ.li.zas/	diabolisât /dja.bɔ.li.za/	diabolisassions /dja.bɔ.li.za.sjɔ̃/	diabolisassiez /dja.bɔ.li.za.sje/	diabolisassent /dja.bɔ.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	diabolise /dja.bɔ.liz/	—	diabolisons /dja.bɔ.li.zɔ̃/	diabolisez /dja.bɔ.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).

Related terms

• diabolique
• diable