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fertiliser

English edit

Noun edit

fertiliser (countable and uncountable, plural fertilisers)

  1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of fertilizer

French edit

Etymology edit

From fertile +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /fɛʁ.ti.li.ze/
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Verb edit

fertiliser

  1. to fertilize

Conjugation edit

Conjugation of fertiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple fertiliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple fertilisant
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle fertilisé
/fɛʁ.ti.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/ 		fertilises
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/ 		fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/ 		fertilisons
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɔ̃/ 		fertilisez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.ze/ 		fertilisent
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/
imperfect fertilisais
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛ/ 		fertilisais
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛ/ 		fertilisait
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛ/ 		fertilisions
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zjɔ̃/ 		fertilisiez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zje/ 		fertilisaient
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛ/
past historic2 fertilisai
/fɛʁ.ti.li.ze/ 		fertilisas
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za/ 		fertilisa
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za/ 		fertilisâmes
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zam/ 		fertilisâtes
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zat/ 		fertilisèrent
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɛʁ/
future fertiliserai
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁe/ 		fertiliseras
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁa/ 		fertilisera
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁa/ 		fertiliserons
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɔ̃/ 		fertiliserez
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁe/ 		fertiliseront
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional fertiliserais
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɛ/ 		fertiliserais
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɛ/ 		fertiliserait
/fɛʁ.ti.liz.ʁɛ/ 		fertiliserions
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		fertiliseriez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zə.ʁje/ 		fertiliseraient
/fɛʁ.ti.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 fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/ 		fertilises
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/ 		fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/ 		fertilisions
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zjɔ̃/ 		fertilisiez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zje/ 		fertilisent
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/
imperfect2 fertilisasse
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zas/ 		fertilisasses
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zas/ 		fertilisât
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za/ 		fertilisassions
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za.sjɔ̃/ 		fertilisassiez
/fɛʁ.ti.li.za.sje/ 		fertilisassent
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — fertilise
/fɛʁ.ti.liz/ 		— fertilisons
/fɛʁ.ti.li.zɔ̃/ 		fertilisez
/fɛʁ.ti.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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