minimiser

English

Noun

minimiser (plural minimisers)

1. Alternative spelling of minimizer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English minimize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ni.mi.ze/

• Audio (CAN)

  (file)

Verb

minimiser

1. to lessen the importance of in the mind of people; to belittle, downplay, understate

   Near-synonym: relativiser

2. (proscribed) to reduce the effect of; to minimize

Usage notes

• In the meaning "render smaller in size or scope", minimiser is considered an anglicism and verbs like réduire, limiter or atténuer are preferable.

Conjugation

Conjugation of minimiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	minimiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	minimisant /mi.ni.mi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		minimisé /mi.ni.mi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	minimises /mi.ni.miz/	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	minimisons /mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/	minimisez /mi.ni.mi.ze/	minimisent /mi.ni.miz/
	imperfect	minimisais /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/	minimisais /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/	minimisait /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/	minimisions /mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/	minimisiez /mi.ni.mi.zje/	minimisaient /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/
	past historic2	minimisai /mi.ni.mi.ze/	minimisas /mi.ni.mi.za/	minimisa /mi.ni.mi.za/	minimisâmes /mi.ni.mi.zam/	minimisâtes /mi.ni.mi.zat/	minimisèrent /mi.ni.mi.zɛʁ/
	future	minimiserai /mi.ni.miz.ʁe/	minimiseras /mi.ni.miz.ʁa/	minimisera /mi.ni.miz.ʁa/	minimiserons /mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/	minimiserez /mi.ni.miz.ʁe/	minimiseront /mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	minimiserais /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/	minimiserais /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/	minimiserait /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/	minimiserions /mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	minimiseriez /mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁje/	minimiseraient /mi.ni.miz.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	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	minimises /mi.ni.miz/	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	minimisions /mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/	minimisiez /mi.ni.mi.zje/	minimisent /mi.ni.miz/
	imperfect2	minimisasse /mi.ni.mi.zas/	minimisasses /mi.ni.mi.zas/	minimisât /mi.ni.mi.za/	minimisassions /mi.ni.mi.za.sjɔ̃/	minimisassiez /mi.ni.mi.za.sje/	minimisassent /mi.ni.mi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	—	minimisons /mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/	minimisez /mi.ni.mi.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

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