sensibiliser
French
    
    
Pronunciation
    
- IPA(key): /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/
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Verb
    
sensibiliser
- (transitive) to make sensitive
 - (transitive) to raise awareness
- Synonym: conscientiser
 
 
Conjugation
    
Conjugation of sensibiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sensibiliser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sensibilisant /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɑ̃/  | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sensibilisé /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/  | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses)  | 
present | sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
sensibilises /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
sensibilisons /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɔ̃/  | 
sensibilisez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/  | 
sensibilisent /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
| imperfect | sensibilisais /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/  | 
sensibilisais /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/  | 
sensibilisait /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/  | 
sensibilisions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zjɔ̃/  | 
sensibilisiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zje/  | 
sensibilisaient /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/  | |
| past historic2 | sensibilisai /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/  | 
sensibilisas /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/  | 
sensibilisa /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/  | 
sensibilisâmes /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zam/  | 
sensibilisâtes /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zat/  | 
sensibilisèrent /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛʁ/  | |
| future | sensibiliserai /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁe/  | 
sensibiliseras /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁa/  | 
sensibilisera /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁa/  | 
sensibiliserons /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/  | 
sensibiliserez /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁe/  | 
sensibiliseront /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/  | |
| conditional | sensibiliserais /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/  | 
sensibiliserais /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/  | 
sensibiliserait /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/  | 
sensibiliserions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/  | 
sensibiliseriez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zə.ʁje/  | 
sensibiliseraient /sɑ̃.si.bi.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 | sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
sensibilises /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
sensibilisions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zjɔ̃/  | 
sensibilisiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zje/  | 
sensibilisent /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
| imperfect2 | sensibilisasse /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/  | 
sensibilisasses /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/  | 
sensibilisât /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/  | 
sensibilisassions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃/  | 
sensibilisassiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za.sje/  | 
sensibilisassent /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/  | |
| (compound tenses)  | 
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/  | 
— | sensibilisons /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɔ̃/  | 
sensibilisez /sɑ̃.si.bi.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:
 (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).  | |||||||
Derived terms
    
Further reading
    
- “sensibiliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
 - “sensibiliser” in Dictionnaire Français en ligne Larousse.
 - “sensibiliser” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.
 
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