capitaliser

French

Etymology

From capital +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ka.pi.ta.li.ze/
  • France (Vosges)(file)

Verb

capitaliser

  1. (transitive, typography) to capitalize
  2. (transitive, finance) to capitalize
    capitaliser les intérêts ― to compound the interest
  3. (intransitive) to hoard, to stockpile
  4. (figuratively, transitive with sur) to capitalize on something
    Synonym: tirer profit de

Conjugation
Conjugation of capitaliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple capitaliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple capitalisant
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle capitalisé
/ka.pi.ta.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/		 capitalises
/ka.pi.ta.liz/		 capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/		 capitalisons
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɔ̃/		 capitalisez
/ka.pi.ta.li.ze/		 capitalisent
/ka.pi.ta.liz/
imperfect capitalisais
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛ/		 capitalisais
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛ/		 capitalisait
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛ/		 capitalisions
/ka.pi.ta.li.zjɔ̃/		 capitalisiez
/ka.pi.ta.li.zje/		 capitalisaient
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛ/
past historic2 capitalisai
/ka.pi.ta.li.ze/		 capitalisas
/ka.pi.ta.li.za/		 capitalisa
/ka.pi.ta.li.za/		 capitalisâmes
/ka.pi.ta.li.zam/		 capitalisâtes
/ka.pi.ta.li.zat/		 capitalisèrent
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛʁ/
future capitaliserai
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁe/		 capitaliseras
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁa/		 capitalisera
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁa/		 capitaliserons
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/		 capitaliserez
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁe/		 capitaliseront
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional capitaliserais
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɛ/		 capitaliserais
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɛ/		 capitaliserait
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɛ/		 capitaliserions
/ka.pi.ta.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 capitaliseriez
/ka.pi.ta.li.zə.ʁje/		 capitaliseraient
/ka.pi.ta.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 capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/		 capitalises
/ka.pi.ta.liz/		 capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/		 capitalisions
/ka.pi.ta.li.zjɔ̃/		 capitalisiez
/ka.pi.ta.li.zje/		 capitalisent
/ka.pi.ta.liz/
imperfect2 capitalisasse
/ka.pi.ta.li.zas/		 capitalisasses
/ka.pi.ta.li.zas/		 capitalisât
/ka.pi.ta.li.za/		 capitalisassions
/ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/		 capitalisassiez
/ka.pi.ta.li.za.sje/		 capitalisassent
/ka.pi.ta.li.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/		 — capitalisons
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɔ̃/		 capitalisez
/ka.pi.ta.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:
  • 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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