modéliser

French

Etymology

From modèle (“model”) +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.de.li.ze/

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Verb

modéliser

1. (transitive, intransitive) to model (construct a physical or conceptual model)

Conjugation

Conjugation of modéliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	modéliser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	modélisant /mɔ.de.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		modélisé /mɔ.de.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	modélise /mɔ.de.liz/	modélises /mɔ.de.liz/	modélise /mɔ.de.liz/	modélisons /mɔ.de.li.zɔ̃/	modélisez /mɔ.de.li.ze/	modélisent /mɔ.de.liz/
	imperfect	modélisais /mɔ.de.li.zɛ/	modélisais /mɔ.de.li.zɛ/	modélisait /mɔ.de.li.zɛ/	modélisions /mɔ.de.li.zjɔ̃/	modélisiez /mɔ.de.li.zje/	modélisaient /mɔ.de.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	modélisai /mɔ.de.li.ze/	modélisas /mɔ.de.li.za/	modélisa /mɔ.de.li.za/	modélisâmes /mɔ.de.li.zam/	modélisâtes /mɔ.de.li.zat/	modélisèrent /mɔ.de.li.zɛʁ/
	future	modéliserai /mɔ.de.liz.ʁe/	modéliseras /mɔ.de.liz.ʁa/	modélisera /mɔ.de.liz.ʁa/	modéliserons /mɔ.de.liz.ʁɔ̃/	modéliserez /mɔ.de.liz.ʁe/	modéliseront /mɔ.de.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	modéliserais /mɔ.de.liz.ʁɛ/	modéliserais /mɔ.de.liz.ʁɛ/	modéliserait /mɔ.de.liz.ʁɛ/	modéliserions /mɔ.de.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	modéliseriez /mɔ.de.li.zə.ʁje/	modéliseraient /mɔ.de.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	modélise /mɔ.de.liz/	modélises /mɔ.de.liz/	modélise /mɔ.de.liz/	modélisions /mɔ.de.li.zjɔ̃/	modélisiez /mɔ.de.li.zje/	modélisent /mɔ.de.liz/
	imperfect2	modélisasse /mɔ.de.li.zas/	modélisasses /mɔ.de.li.zas/	modélisât /mɔ.de.li.za/	modélisassions /mɔ.de.li.za.sjɔ̃/	modélisassiez /mɔ.de.li.za.sje/	modélisassent /mɔ.de.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	modélise /mɔ.de.liz/	—	modélisons /mɔ.de.li.zɔ̃/	modélisez /mɔ.de.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

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