relativiser

English

Noun

relativiser (plural relativisers)

1. Alternative form of relativizer

French

Etymology

From relatif +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/

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Verb

relativiser

1. (transitive) to relativize
2. (informal, transitive, intransitive) to put into perspective; to put things into perspective

   Synonym: faire la part des choses

   Near-synonym: minimiser

Conjugation

Conjugation of relativiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	relativiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	relativisant /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		relativisé /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/	relativises /ʁə.la.ti.viz/	relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/	relativisons /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɔ̃/	relativisez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/	relativisent /ʁə.la.ti.viz/
	imperfect	relativisais /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/	relativisais /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/	relativisait /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/	relativisions /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zjɔ̃/	relativisiez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zje/	relativisaient /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛ/
	past historic2	relativisai /ʁə.la.ti.vi.ze/	relativisas /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/	relativisa /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/	relativisâmes /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zam/	relativisâtes /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zat/	relativisèrent /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɛʁ/
	future	relativiserai /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁe/	relativiseras /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁa/	relativisera /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁa/	relativiserons /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɔ̃/	relativiserez /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁe/	relativiseront /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	relativiserais /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/	relativiserais /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/	relativiserait /ʁə.la.ti.viz.ʁɛ/	relativiserions /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	relativiseriez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zə.ʁje/	relativiseraient /ʁə.la.ti.viz.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	relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/	relativises /ʁə.la.ti.viz/	relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/	relativisions /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zjɔ̃/	relativisiez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zje/	relativisent /ʁə.la.ti.viz/
	imperfect2	relativisasse /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/	relativisasses /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/	relativisât /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za/	relativisassions /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sjɔ̃/	relativisassiez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.za.sje/	relativisassent /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	relativise /ʁə.la.ti.viz/	—	relativisons /ʁə.la.ti.vi.zɔ̃/	relativisez /ʁə.la.ti.vi.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).

Derived terms

• relativisation

Further reading

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