ridiculiser
French edit
Etymology edit
From ridicule + -iser, attested since 1675. Displaced older ridiculer and ridiculariser.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
ridiculiser
- (transitive) to ridicule
- Synonyms: tourner en dérision, tourner en ridicule
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of ridiculiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ridiculiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ridiculisant /ʁi.di.ky.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ridiculisé /ʁi.di.ky.li.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ridiculise /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
ridiculises /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
ridiculise /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
ridiculisons /ʁi.di.ky.li.zɔ̃/ |
ridiculisez /ʁi.di.ky.li.ze/ |
ridiculisent /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
| imperfect | ridiculisais /ʁi.di.ky.li.zɛ/ |
ridiculisais /ʁi.di.ky.li.zɛ/ |
ridiculisait /ʁi.di.ky.li.zɛ/ |
ridiculisions /ʁi.di.ky.li.zjɔ̃/ |
ridiculisiez /ʁi.di.ky.li.zje/ |
ridiculisaient /ʁi.di.ky.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ridiculisai /ʁi.di.ky.li.ze/ |
ridiculisas /ʁi.di.ky.li.za/ |
ridiculisa /ʁi.di.ky.li.za/ |
ridiculisâmes /ʁi.di.ky.li.zam/ |
ridiculisâtes /ʁi.di.ky.li.zat/ |
ridiculisèrent /ʁi.di.ky.li.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | ridiculiserai /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁe/ |
ridiculiseras /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁa/ |
ridiculisera /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁa/ |
ridiculiserons /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁɔ̃/ |
ridiculiserez /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁe/ |
ridiculiseront /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ridiculiserais /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁɛ/ |
ridiculiserais /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁɛ/ |
ridiculiserait /ʁi.di.ky.liz.ʁɛ/ |
ridiculiserions /ʁi.di.ky.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ridiculiseriez /ʁi.di.ky.li.zə.ʁje/ |
ridiculiseraient /ʁi.di.ky.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 | ridiculise /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
ridiculises /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
ridiculise /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
ridiculisions /ʁi.di.ky.li.zjɔ̃/ |
ridiculisiez /ʁi.di.ky.li.zje/ |
ridiculisent /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
| imperfect2 | ridiculisasse /ʁi.di.ky.li.zas/ |
ridiculisasses /ʁi.di.ky.li.zas/ |
ridiculisât /ʁi.di.ky.li.za/ |
ridiculisassions /ʁi.di.ky.li.za.sjɔ̃/ |
ridiculisassiez /ʁi.di.ky.li.za.sje/ |
ridiculisassent /ʁi.di.ky.li.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ridiculise /ʁi.di.ky.liz/ |
— | ridiculisons /ʁi.di.ky.li.zɔ̃/ |
ridiculisez /ʁi.di.ky.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “ridiculiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.