carboniser
English
Etymology
Noun
carboniser (plural carbonisers)
- Alternative form of carbonizer
French
Etymology
From Latin carbō, carbōnis (whence charbon) + -iser.
Pronunciation
Verb
carboniser
- to char (to burn something to charcoal)
- (please add the primary text of this usage example)
- If your house burned down and you had nothing but the clothes on your back, what would you be worth to society and to yourself? How would you feel about losing all of the possessions you own? ― Winston Smith, "Why You Should Become a Minimalist"
Conjugation
Conjugation of carboniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | carboniser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | carbonisant /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | carbonisé /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | carbonise /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
carbonises /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
carbonise /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
carbonisons /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zɔ̃/ |
carbonisez /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.ze/ |
carbonisent /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
| imperfect | carbonisais /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
carbonisais /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
carbonisait /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zɛ/ |
carbonisions /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
carbonisiez /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zje/ |
carbonisaient /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | carbonisai /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.ze/ |
carbonisas /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.za/ |
carbonisa /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.za/ |
carbonisâmes /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zam/ |
carbonisâtes /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zat/ |
carbonisèrent /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | carboniserai /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁe/ |
carboniseras /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁa/ |
carbonisera /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁa/ |
carboniserons /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ |
carboniserez /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁe/ |
carboniseront /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | carboniserais /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
carboniserais /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
carboniserait /kaʁ.bɔ.niz.ʁɛ/ |
carboniserions /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
carboniseriez /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zə.ʁje/ |
carboniseraient /kaʁ.bɔ.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 | carbonise /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
carbonises /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
carbonise /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
carbonisions /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/ |
carbonisiez /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zje/ |
carbonisent /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
| imperfect2 | carbonisasse /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zas/ |
carbonisasses /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zas/ |
carbonisât /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.za/ |
carbonisassions /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/ |
carbonisassiez /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.za.sje/ |
carbonisassent /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | carbonise /kaʁ.bɔ.niz/ |
— | carbonisons /kaʁ.bɔ.ni.zɔ̃/ |
carbonisez /kaʁ.bɔ.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “carboniser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.