aiguiser

French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *acutiāre, from Latin acūtus, the past participle of acuō. Compare Catalan agusar, Italian aguzzare, Occitan agusar, Portuguese aguçar, Spanish aguzar.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /eɡize/

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Verb

aiguiser

1. to sharpen (of a point, to make sharper)
2. to hone (e.g. a skill)
3. to whet

Conjugation

   Conjugation of aiguiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		aiguiser			avoir aiguisé
gerund		en aiguisant			en ayant aiguisé
present participle		aiguisant
past participle		aiguisé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	aiguise	aiguises	aiguise	aiguisons	aiguisez	aiguisent
	imperfect	aiguisais	aiguisais	aiguisait	aiguisions	aiguisiez	aiguisaient
	past historic1	aiguisai	aiguisas	aiguisa	aiguisâmes	aiguisâtes	aiguisèrent
	future	aiguiserai	aiguiseras	aiguisera	aiguiserons	aiguiserez	aiguiseront
	conditional	aiguiserais	aiguiserais	aiguiserait	aiguiserions	aiguiseriez	aiguiseraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	aiguise	aiguises	aiguise	aiguisions	aiguisiez	aiguisent
	imperfect1	aiguisasse	aiguisasses	aiguisât	aiguisassions	aiguisassiez	aiguisassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	aiguise	—	aiguisons	aiguisez	—
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Related terms

• aigu a