bémoliser

French

Etymology

From bémol +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

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Verb

bémoliser

1. (music) to flatten
2. to soften

Conjugation

Conjugation of bémoliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	bémoliser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	bémolisant /be.mɔ.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		bémolisé /be.mɔ.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/	bémolises /be.mɔ.liz/	bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/	bémolisons /be.mɔ.li.zɔ̃/	bémolisez /be.mɔ.li.ze/	bémolisent /be.mɔ.liz/
	imperfect	bémolisais /be.mɔ.li.zɛ/	bémolisais /be.mɔ.li.zɛ/	bémolisait /be.mɔ.li.zɛ/	bémolisions /be.mɔ.li.zjɔ̃/	bémolisiez /be.mɔ.li.zje/	bémolisaient /be.mɔ.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	bémolisai /be.mɔ.li.ze/	bémolisas /be.mɔ.li.za/	bémolisa /be.mɔ.li.za/	bémolisâmes /be.mɔ.li.zam/	bémolisâtes /be.mɔ.li.zat/	bémolisèrent /be.mɔ.li.zɛʁ/
	future	bémoliserai /be.mɔ.liz.ʁe/	bémoliseras /be.mɔ.liz.ʁa/	bémolisera /be.mɔ.liz.ʁa/	bémoliserons /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɔ̃/	bémoliserez /be.mɔ.liz.ʁe/	bémoliseront /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	bémoliserais /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɛ/	bémoliserais /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɛ/	bémoliserait /be.mɔ.liz.ʁɛ/	bémoliserions /be.mɔ.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	bémoliseriez /be.mɔ.li.zə.ʁje/	bémoliseraient /be.mɔ.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	bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/	bémolises /be.mɔ.liz/	bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/	bémolisions /be.mɔ.li.zjɔ̃/	bémolisiez /be.mɔ.li.zje/	bémolisent /be.mɔ.liz/
	imperfect2	bémolisasse /be.mɔ.li.zas/	bémolisasses /be.mɔ.li.zas/	bémolisât /be.mɔ.li.za/	bémolisassions /be.mɔ.li.za.sjɔ̃/	bémolisassiez /be.mɔ.li.za.sje/	bémolisassent /be.mɔ.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	bémolise /be.mɔ.liz/	—	bémolisons /be.mɔ.li.zɔ̃/	bémolisez /be.mɔ.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).

Further reading

• “bémoliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.