thésauriser

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Late Latin thesaurizāre, from Ancient Greek θησαυρίζω (thēsaurízō, “to store, treasure up”), from θησαυρός (thēsaurós, “store-room, treasure, granary, strong-box”).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /te.zɔ.ʁi.ze/
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Verb[edit]

thésauriser

  1. (money) to hoard
    • 1963, Nicolas Bouvier, L'Usage du Monde, 2005 ed., Payot & Rivages, →ISBN, p. 158; translated 1992 by Robyn Marsack as The Way of the World, 2011 ed., Eland, →ISBN:
      Craignant de se trahir en investissant sur place, ils thésaurisaient, dirigeant l’excédant de leur revenu sur les banques étrangères, ou le jouaient, toutes portes closes, à des taux fabuleux.
      — Fearing betrayal if they invested it locally, they hoarded their money, sending their excess income to foreign banks, or playing behind closed doors for fantastic stakes.

Conjugation[edit]

Conjugation of thésauriser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple thésauriser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple thésaurisant
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle thésaurisé
/te.zɔ.ʁi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present thésaurise
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/ 		thésaurises
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/ 		thésaurise
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/ 		thésaurisons
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/ 		thésaurisez
/te.zɔ.ʁi.ze/ 		thésaurisent
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/
imperfect thésaurisais
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zɛ/ 		thésaurisais
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zɛ/ 		thésaurisait
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zɛ/ 		thésaurisions
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		thésaurisiez
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zje/ 		thésaurisaient
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zɛ/
past historic2 thésaurisai
/te.zɔ.ʁi.ze/ 		thésaurisas
/te.zɔ.ʁi.za/ 		thésaurisa
/te.zɔ.ʁi.za/ 		thésaurisâmes
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zam/ 		thésaurisâtes
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zat/ 		thésaurisèrent
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zɛʁ/
future thésauriserai
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁe/ 		thésauriseras
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁa/ 		thésaurisera
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁa/ 		thésauriserons
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/ 		thésauriserez
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁe/ 		thésauriseront
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional thésauriserais
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		thésauriserais
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		thésauriserait
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/ 		thésauriserions
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		thésauriseriez
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zə.ʁje/ 		thésauriseraient
/te.zɔ.ʁiz.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 thésaurise
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/ 		thésaurises
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/ 		thésaurise
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/ 		thésaurisions
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zjɔ̃/ 		thésaurisiez
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zje/ 		thésaurisent
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/
imperfect2 thésaurisasse
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zas/ 		thésaurisasses
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zas/ 		thésaurisât
/te.zɔ.ʁi.za/ 		thésaurisassions
/te.zɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/ 		thésaurisassiez
/te.zɔ.ʁi.za.sje/ 		thésaurisassent
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — thésaurise
/te.zɔ.ʁiz/ 		— thésaurisons
/te.zɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/ 		thésaurisez
/te.zɔ.ʁi.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).

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