catalyser

English

Noun

catalyser (plural catalysers)

1. (British spelling) Alternative form of catalyzer.

Anagrams

• acrylates

French

Etymology

From catalyse (“catalysis”) +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.ta.li.ze/

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Verb

catalyser

1. (transitive, chemistry) to catalyze

Conjugation

Conjugation of catalyser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	catalyser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	catalysant /ka.ta.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		catalysé /ka.ta.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	catalyse /ka.ta.liz/	catalyses /ka.ta.liz/	catalyse /ka.ta.liz/	catalysons /ka.ta.li.zɔ̃/	catalysez /ka.ta.li.ze/	catalysent /ka.ta.liz/
	imperfect	catalysais /ka.ta.li.zɛ/	catalysais /ka.ta.li.zɛ/	catalysait /ka.ta.li.zɛ/	catalysions /ka.ta.li.zjɔ̃/	catalysiez /ka.ta.li.zje/	catalysaient /ka.ta.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	catalysai /ka.ta.li.ze/	catalysas /ka.ta.li.za/	catalysa /ka.ta.li.za/	catalysâmes /ka.ta.li.zam/	catalysâtes /ka.ta.li.zat/	catalysèrent /ka.ta.li.zɛʁ/
	future	catalyserai /ka.ta.liz.ʁe/	catalyseras /ka.ta.liz.ʁa/	catalysera /ka.ta.liz.ʁa/	catalyserons /ka.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/	catalyserez /ka.ta.liz.ʁe/	catalyseront /ka.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	catalyserais /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/	catalyserais /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/	catalyserait /ka.ta.liz.ʁɛ/	catalyserions /ka.ta.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	catalyseriez /ka.ta.li.zə.ʁje/	catalyseraient /ka.ta.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	catalyse /ka.ta.liz/	catalyses /ka.ta.liz/	catalyse /ka.ta.liz/	catalysions /ka.ta.li.zjɔ̃/	catalysiez /ka.ta.li.zje/	catalysent /ka.ta.liz/
	imperfect2	catalysasse /ka.ta.li.zas/	catalysasses /ka.ta.li.zas/	catalysât /ka.ta.li.za/	catalysassions /ka.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/	catalysassiez /ka.ta.li.za.sje/	catalysassent /ka.ta.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	catalyse /ka.ta.liz/	—	catalysons /ka.ta.li.zɔ̃/	catalysez /ka.ta.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).

Descendants

• → Romanian: cataliza

Further reading

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