maximiser

English

Noun

maximiser (plural maximisers)

1. Alternative spelling of maximizer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English maximize +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mak.si.mi.ze/

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Verb

maximiser

1. (transitive) to maximize

Conjugation

Conjugation of maximiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	maximiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	maximisant /mak.si.mi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		maximisé /mak.si.mi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	maximise /mak.si.miz/	maximises /mak.si.miz/	maximise /mak.si.miz/	maximisons /mak.si.mi.zɔ̃/	maximisez /mak.si.mi.ze/	maximisent /mak.si.miz/
	imperfect	maximisais /mak.si.mi.zɛ/	maximisais /mak.si.mi.zɛ/	maximisait /mak.si.mi.zɛ/	maximisions /mak.si.mi.zjɔ̃/	maximisiez /mak.si.mi.zje/	maximisaient /mak.si.mi.zɛ/
	past historic2	maximisai /mak.si.mi.ze/	maximisas /mak.si.mi.za/	maximisa /mak.si.mi.za/	maximisâmes /mak.si.mi.zam/	maximisâtes /mak.si.mi.zat/	maximisèrent /mak.si.mi.zɛʁ/
	future	maximiserai /mak.si.miz.ʁe/	maximiseras /mak.si.miz.ʁa/	maximisera /mak.si.miz.ʁa/	maximiserons /mak.si.miz.ʁɔ̃/	maximiserez /mak.si.miz.ʁe/	maximiseront /mak.si.miz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	maximiserais /mak.si.miz.ʁɛ/	maximiserais /mak.si.miz.ʁɛ/	maximiserait /mak.si.miz.ʁɛ/	maximiserions /mak.si.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	maximiseriez /mak.si.mi.zə.ʁje/	maximiseraient /mak.si.miz.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	maximise /mak.si.miz/	maximises /mak.si.miz/	maximise /mak.si.miz/	maximisions /mak.si.mi.zjɔ̃/	maximisiez /mak.si.mi.zje/	maximisent /mak.si.miz/
	imperfect2	maximisasse /mak.si.mi.zas/	maximisasses /mak.si.mi.zas/	maximisât /mak.si.mi.za/	maximisassions /mak.si.mi.za.sjɔ̃/	maximisassiez /mak.si.mi.za.sje/	maximisassent /mak.si.mi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	maximise /mak.si.miz/	—	maximisons /mak.si.mi.zɔ̃/	maximisez /mak.si.mi.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

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