conscientiser

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English conscientize.^[1] By surface analysis, conscient +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation edit

IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/
Audio: (file)

Verb edit

conscientiser

(transitive) to make aware, to sensitize
Near-synonym: sensibiliser

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of conscientiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	conscientiser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	conscientisant /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		conscientisé /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/	conscientises /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/	conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/	conscientisons /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɔ̃/	conscientisez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/	conscientisent /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/
	imperfect	conscientisais /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/	conscientisais /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/	conscientisait /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/	conscientisions /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zjɔ̃/	conscientisiez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zje/	conscientisaient /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛ/
	past historic²	conscientisai /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.ze/	conscientisas /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/	conscientisa /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/	conscientisâmes /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zam/	conscientisâtes /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zat/	conscientisèrent /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɛʁ/
	future	conscientiserai /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁe/	conscientiseras /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁa/	conscientisera /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁa/	conscientiserons /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɔ̃/	conscientiserez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁe/	conscientiseront /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	conscientiserais /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/	conscientiserais /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/	conscientiserait /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.ʁɛ/	conscientiserions /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	conscientiseriez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zə.ʁje/	conscientiseraient /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz.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	conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/	conscientises /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/	conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/	conscientisions /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zjɔ̃/	conscientisiez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zje/	conscientisent /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	conscientisasse /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/	conscientisasses /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/	conscientisât /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za/	conscientisassions /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za.sjɔ̃/	conscientisassiez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.za.sje/	conscientisassent /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	conscientise /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.tiz/	—	conscientisons /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.zɔ̃/	conscientisez /kɔ̃.sjɑ̃.ti.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).

References edit

^ Académie française (2013 March 7) “Conscientiser”, in Dire, ne pas dire - Emplois fautifs (in French): “Le verbe conscientiser, qui tend à se répandre dans la langue courante, est une transcription du néologisme anglais to conscientize.”

[1] Académie française (2013 March 7) “Conscientiser”, in Dire, ne pas dire - Emplois fautifs (in French): “Le verbe conscientiser, qui tend à se répandre dans la langue courante, est une transcription du néologisme anglais to conscientize.”

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