christianiser

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin chrīstiānizō, from Latin Chrīstiānus (whence chrétien) and -izō (whence -iser).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/

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Verb

christianiser

1. (transitive) to Christianize (to convert to Christianity)

   Coordinate term: laïciser

Conjugation

Conjugation of christianiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	christianiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	christianisant /kʁis.tja.ni.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		christianisé /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/	christianises /kʁis.tja.niz/	christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/	christianisons /kʁis.tja.ni.zɔ̃/	christianisez /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/	christianisent /kʁis.tja.niz/
	imperfect	christianisais /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛ/	christianisais /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛ/	christianisait /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛ/	christianisions /kʁis.tja.ni.zjɔ̃/	christianisiez /kʁis.tja.ni.zje/	christianisaient /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛ/
	past historic2	christianisai /kʁis.tja.ni.ze/	christianisas /kʁis.tja.ni.za/	christianisa /kʁis.tja.ni.za/	christianisâmes /kʁis.tja.ni.zam/	christianisâtes /kʁis.tja.ni.zat/	christianisèrent /kʁis.tja.ni.zɛʁ/
	future	christianiserai /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁe/	christianiseras /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁa/	christianisera /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁa/	christianiserons /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɔ̃/	christianiserez /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁe/	christianiseront /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	christianiserais /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɛ/	christianiserais /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɛ/	christianiserait /kʁis.tja.niz.ʁɛ/	christianiserions /kʁis.tja.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	christianiseriez /kʁis.tja.ni.zə.ʁje/	christianiseraient /kʁis.tja.niz.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	christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/	christianises /kʁis.tja.niz/	christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/	christianisions /kʁis.tja.ni.zjɔ̃/	christianisiez /kʁis.tja.ni.zje/	christianisent /kʁis.tja.niz/
	imperfect2	christianisasse /kʁis.tja.ni.zas/	christianisasses /kʁis.tja.ni.zas/	christianisât /kʁis.tja.ni.za/	christianisassions /kʁis.tja.ni.za.sjɔ̃/	christianisassiez /kʁis.tja.ni.za.sje/	christianisassent /kʁis.tja.ni.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	christianise /kʁis.tja.niz/	—	christianisons /kʁis.tja.ni.zɔ̃/	christianisez /kʁis.tja.ni.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

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