paralyser

English

Alternative forms

• paralyzer

Etymology

paralyse +‎ -er

Noun

paralyser (plural paralysers)

1. That which paralyses.

French

Etymology

From paralysie +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁa.li.ze/

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Verb

paralyser

1. to paralyse / paralyze

Conjugation

Conjugation of paralyser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	paralyser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	paralysant /pa.ʁa.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		paralysé /pa.ʁa.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralyses /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralysons /pa.ʁa.li.zɔ̃/	paralysez /pa.ʁa.li.ze/	paralysent /pa.ʁa.liz/
	imperfect	paralysais /pa.ʁa.li.zɛ/	paralysais /pa.ʁa.li.zɛ/	paralysait /pa.ʁa.li.zɛ/	paralysions /pa.ʁa.li.zjɔ̃/	paralysiez /pa.ʁa.li.zje/	paralysaient /pa.ʁa.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	paralysai /pa.ʁa.li.ze/	paralysas /pa.ʁa.li.za/	paralysa /pa.ʁa.li.za/	paralysâmes /pa.ʁa.li.zam/	paralysâtes /pa.ʁa.li.zat/	paralysèrent /pa.ʁa.li.zɛʁ/
	future	paralyserai /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁe/	paralyseras /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁa/	paralysera /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁa/	paralyserons /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɔ̃/	paralyserez /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁe/	paralyseront /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	paralyserais /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɛ/	paralyserais /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɛ/	paralyserait /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɛ/	paralyserions /pa.ʁa.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	paralyseriez /pa.ʁa.li.zə.ʁje/	paralyseraient /pa.ʁa.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	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralyses /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralysions /pa.ʁa.li.zjɔ̃/	paralysiez /pa.ʁa.li.zje/	paralysent /pa.ʁa.liz/
	imperfect2	paralysasse /pa.ʁa.li.zas/	paralysasses /pa.ʁa.li.zas/	paralysât /pa.ʁa.li.za/	paralysassions /pa.ʁa.li.za.sjɔ̃/	paralysassiez /pa.ʁa.li.za.sje/	paralysassent /pa.ʁa.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	—	paralysons /pa.ʁa.li.zɔ̃/	paralysez /pa.ʁa.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).

Conjugation of paralyser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	paralyser
	compound	être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	paralysant /pa.ʁa.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		paralysé /pa.ʁa.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralyses /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralysons /pa.ʁa.li.zɔ̃/	paralysez /pa.ʁa.li.ze/	paralysent /pa.ʁa.liz/
	imperfect	paralysais /pa.ʁa.li.zɛ/	paralysais /pa.ʁa.li.zɛ/	paralysait /pa.ʁa.li.zɛ/	paralysions /pa.ʁa.li.zjɔ̃/	paralysiez /pa.ʁa.li.zje/	paralysaient /pa.ʁa.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	paralysai /pa.ʁa.li.ze/	paralysas /pa.ʁa.li.za/	paralysa /pa.ʁa.li.za/	paralysâmes /pa.ʁa.li.zam/	paralysâtes /pa.ʁa.li.zat/	paralysèrent /pa.ʁa.li.zɛʁ/
	future	paralyserai /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁe/	paralyseras /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁa/	paralysera /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁa/	paralyserons /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɔ̃/	paralyserez /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁe/	paralyseront /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	paralyserais /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɛ/	paralyserais /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɛ/	paralyserait /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɛ/	paralyserions /pa.ʁa.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	paralyseriez /pa.ʁa.li.zə.ʁje/	paralyseraient /pa.ʁa.liz.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of être + past participle
	future perfect	future of être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralyses /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	paralysions /pa.ʁa.li.zjɔ̃/	paralysiez /pa.ʁa.li.zje/	paralysent /pa.ʁa.liz/
	imperfect2	paralysasse /pa.ʁa.li.zas/	paralysasses /pa.ʁa.li.zas/	paralysât /pa.ʁa.li.za/	paralysassions /pa.ʁa.li.za.sjɔ̃/	paralysassiez /pa.ʁa.li.za.sje/	paralysassent /pa.ʁa.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	paralyse /pa.ʁa.liz/	—	paralysons /pa.ʁa.li.zɔ̃/	paralysez /pa.ʁa.li.ze/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of être + past participle	—	simple imperative of être + past participle	simple imperative of être + 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).

Related terms

• paralympique
• paralysie

Descendants

• → Catalan: paralitzar
• → Spanish: paralizar

Further reading

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

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Verb

paralyser

1. imperative of paralysere