moderniser

English

Etymology

From modernise +‎ -er.

Noun

moderniser (plural modernisers)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of modernizer

French

Etymology

moderne +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation
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Verb

moderniser

  1. to modernize

Conjugation
Conjugation of moderniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple moderniser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple modernisant
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle modernisé
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present modernise
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/		 modernises
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/		 modernise
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/		 modernisons
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/		 modernisez
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/		 modernisent
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/
imperfect modernisais
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/		 modernisais
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/		 modernisait
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/		 modernisions
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/		 modernisiez
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zje/		 modernisaient
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/
past historic2 modernisai
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/		 modernisas
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/		 modernisa
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/		 modernisâmes
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zam/		 modernisâtes
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zat/		 modernisèrent
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛʁ/
future moderniserai
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁe/		 moderniseras
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁa/		 modernisera
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁa/		 moderniserons
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/		 moderniserez
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁe/		 moderniseront
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional moderniserais
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/		 moderniserais
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/		 moderniserait
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/		 moderniserions
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 moderniseriez
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁje/		 moderniseraient
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.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 modernise
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/		 modernises
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/		 modernise
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/		 modernisions
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/		 modernisiez
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zje/		 modernisent
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/
imperfect2 modernisasse
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/		 modernisasses
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/		 modernisât
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/		 modernisassions
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/		 modernisassiez
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.sje/		 modernisassent
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — modernise
/mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/		 — modernisons
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/		 modernisez
/mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

moderniser

  1. imperative of modernisere
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