tamiser

French

Etymology

From tamis +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ta.mi.ze/

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Verb

tamiser

1. to sieve, to sift (use a sieve)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tamiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tamiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	tamisant /ta.mi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		tamisé /ta.mi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	tamise /ta.miz/	tamises /ta.miz/	tamise /ta.miz/	tamisons /ta.mi.zɔ̃/	tamisez /ta.mi.ze/	tamisent /ta.miz/
	imperfect	tamisais /ta.mi.zɛ/	tamisais /ta.mi.zɛ/	tamisait /ta.mi.zɛ/	tamisions /ta.mi.zjɔ̃/	tamisiez /ta.mi.zje/	tamisaient /ta.mi.zɛ/
	past historic2	tamisai /ta.mi.ze/	tamisas /ta.mi.za/	tamisa /ta.mi.za/	tamisâmes /ta.mi.zam/	tamisâtes /ta.mi.zat/	tamisèrent /ta.mi.zɛʁ/
	future	tamiserai /ta.miz.ʁe/	tamiseras /ta.miz.ʁa/	tamisera /ta.miz.ʁa/	tamiserons /ta.miz.ʁɔ̃/	tamiserez /ta.miz.ʁe/	tamiseront /ta.miz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tamiserais /ta.miz.ʁɛ/	tamiserais /ta.miz.ʁɛ/	tamiserait /ta.miz.ʁɛ/	tamiserions /ta.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	tamiseriez /ta.mi.zə.ʁje/	tamiseraient /ta.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	tamise /ta.miz/	tamises /ta.miz/	tamise /ta.miz/	tamisions /ta.mi.zjɔ̃/	tamisiez /ta.mi.zje/	tamisent /ta.miz/
	imperfect2	tamisasse /ta.mi.zas/	tamisasses /ta.mi.zas/	tamisât /ta.mi.za/	tamisassions /ta.mi.za.sjɔ̃/	tamisassiez /ta.mi.za.sje/	tamisassent /ta.mi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	tamise /ta.miz/	—	tamisons /ta.mi.zɔ̃/	tamisez /ta.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).

Related terms

• tamisage
• tamise
• tamiseur
• tamiseuse
• tamisier

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Artémis, maitres, maîtres, méritas, mirâtes, miteras, remisât, rimâtes, tarîmes, tirâmes, triâmes