fragiliser

French

Etymology

From fragile +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁa.ʒi.li.ze/

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Verb

fragiliser

1. (transitive) to weaken

   Synonym: affaiblir

   Antonyms: renforcer, fortifier

Conjugation

Conjugation of fragiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fragiliser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fragilisant /fʁa.ʒi.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fragilisé /fʁa.ʒi.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fragilise /fʁa.ʒi.liz/	fragilises /fʁa.ʒi.liz/	fragilise /fʁa.ʒi.liz/	fragilisons /fʁa.ʒi.li.zɔ̃/	fragilisez /fʁa.ʒi.li.ze/	fragilisent /fʁa.ʒi.liz/
	imperfect	fragilisais /fʁa.ʒi.li.zɛ/	fragilisais /fʁa.ʒi.li.zɛ/	fragilisait /fʁa.ʒi.li.zɛ/	fragilisions /fʁa.ʒi.li.zjɔ̃/	fragilisiez /fʁa.ʒi.li.zje/	fragilisaient /fʁa.ʒi.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	fragilisai /fʁa.ʒi.li.ze/	fragilisas /fʁa.ʒi.li.za/	fragilisa /fʁa.ʒi.li.za/	fragilisâmes /fʁa.ʒi.li.zam/	fragilisâtes /fʁa.ʒi.li.zat/	fragilisèrent /fʁa.ʒi.li.zɛʁ/
	future	fragiliserai /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁe/	fragiliseras /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁa/	fragilisera /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁa/	fragiliserons /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁɔ̃/	fragiliserez /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁe/	fragiliseront /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fragiliserais /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁɛ/	fragiliserais /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁɛ/	fragiliserait /fʁa.ʒi.liz.ʁɛ/	fragiliserions /fʁa.ʒi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	fragiliseriez /fʁa.ʒi.li.zə.ʁje/	fragiliseraient /fʁa.ʒi.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	fragilise /fʁa.ʒi.liz/	fragilises /fʁa.ʒi.liz/	fragilise /fʁa.ʒi.liz/	fragilisions /fʁa.ʒi.li.zjɔ̃/	fragilisiez /fʁa.ʒi.li.zje/	fragilisent /fʁa.ʒi.liz/
	imperfect2	fragilisasse /fʁa.ʒi.li.zas/	fragilisasses /fʁa.ʒi.li.zas/	fragilisât /fʁa.ʒi.li.za/	fragilisassions /fʁa.ʒi.li.za.sjɔ̃/	fragilisassiez /fʁa.ʒi.li.za.sje/	fragilisassent /fʁa.ʒi.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fragilise /fʁa.ʒi.liz/	—	fragilisons /fʁa.ʒi.li.zɔ̃/	fragilisez /fʁa.ʒi.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).

Derived terms

• fragilisation
• fragilisant

Further reading

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