catéchiser

See also: catechiser

French

Etymology

From Latin catēchīzāre (“to instruct in religion; to catechize”), from Ancient Greek κατηχίζω (katēkhízō, “to instruct orally”), from κατηχέω (katēkhéō, “to resound, instruct orally”), from κατά (katá, “down”) + ἠχή (ēkhḗ, “sound, noise”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ka.te.ʃi.ze/

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Verb

catéchiser

1. (transitive) to catechise

Conjugation

Conjugation of catéchiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	catéchiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	catéchisant /ka.te.ʃi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		catéchisé /ka.te.ʃi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	catéchise /ka.te.ʃiz/	catéchises /ka.te.ʃiz/	catéchise /ka.te.ʃiz/	catéchisons /ka.te.ʃi.zɔ̃/	catéchisez /ka.te.ʃi.ze/	catéchisent /ka.te.ʃiz/
	imperfect	catéchisais /ka.te.ʃi.zɛ/	catéchisais /ka.te.ʃi.zɛ/	catéchisait /ka.te.ʃi.zɛ/	catéchisions /ka.te.ʃi.zjɔ̃/	catéchisiez /ka.te.ʃi.zje/	catéchisaient /ka.te.ʃi.zɛ/
	past historic2	catéchisai /ka.te.ʃi.ze/	catéchisas /ka.te.ʃi.za/	catéchisa /ka.te.ʃi.za/	catéchisâmes /ka.te.ʃi.zam/	catéchisâtes /ka.te.ʃi.zat/	catéchisèrent /ka.te.ʃi.zɛʁ/
	future	catéchiserai /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁe/	catéchiseras /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁa/	catéchisera /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁa/	catéchiserons /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁɔ̃/	catéchiserez /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁe/	catéchiseront /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	catéchiserais /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁɛ/	catéchiserais /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁɛ/	catéchiserait /ka.te.ʃiz.ʁɛ/	catéchiserions /ka.te.ʃi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	catéchiseriez /ka.te.ʃi.zə.ʁje/	catéchiseraient /ka.te.ʃiz.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	catéchise /ka.te.ʃiz/	catéchises /ka.te.ʃiz/	catéchise /ka.te.ʃiz/	catéchisions /ka.te.ʃi.zjɔ̃/	catéchisiez /ka.te.ʃi.zje/	catéchisent /ka.te.ʃiz/
	imperfect2	catéchisasse /ka.te.ʃi.zas/	catéchisasses /ka.te.ʃi.zas/	catéchisât /ka.te.ʃi.za/	catéchisassions /ka.te.ʃi.za.sjɔ̃/	catéchisassiez /ka.te.ʃi.za.sje/	catéchisassent /ka.te.ʃi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	catéchise /ka.te.ʃiz/	—	catéchisons /ka.te.ʃi.zɔ̃/	catéchisez /ka.te.ʃi.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).

Further reading

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