conscientiser

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English conscientize.[1] By surface analysis, conscient +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/
  • Audio(file)

Verb[edit]

conscientiser

  1. (transitive) to make aware, to sensitize
    Near-synonym: sensibiliser

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of conscientiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple conscientiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple conscientisant
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle conscientisé
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present conscientise
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ 		conscientises
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ 		conscientise
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ 		conscientisons
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɔ̃/ 		conscientisez
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/ 		conscientisent
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/
imperfect conscientisais
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/ 		conscientisais
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/ 		conscientisait
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/ 		conscientisions
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zjɔ̃/ 		conscientisiez
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zje/ 		conscientisaient
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/
past historic2 conscientisai
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/ 		conscientisas
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/ 		conscientisa
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/ 		conscientisâmes
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zam/ 		conscientisâtes
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zat/ 		conscientisèrent
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛʁ/
future conscientiserai
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁe/ 		conscientiseras
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁa/ 		conscientisera
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁa/ 		conscientiserons
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɔ̃/ 		conscientiserez
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁe/ 		conscientiseront
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional conscientiserais
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/ 		conscientiserais
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/ 		conscientiserait
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/ 		conscientiserions
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		conscientiseriez
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zə.ʁje/ 		conscientiseraient
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.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 conscientise
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ 		conscientises
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ 		conscientise
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ 		conscientisions
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zjɔ̃/ 		conscientisiez
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zje/ 		conscientisent
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/
imperfect2 conscientisasse
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/ 		conscientisasses
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/ 		conscientisât
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/ 		conscientisassions
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za.sjɔ̃/ 		conscientisassiez
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za.sje/ 		conscientisassent
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — conscientise
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/ 		— conscientisons
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɔ̃/ 		conscientisez
/kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.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).

References[edit]

  1. ^ Académie française (2013 March 7) “Conscientiser”, in Dire, ne pas dire - Emplois fautifs (in French): “Le verbe conscientiser, qui tend à se répandre dans la langue courante, est une transcription du néologisme anglais to conscientize.”
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