théoriser

See also: theoriser

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

théoriser

1. to theorize

Conjugation

Conjugation of théoriser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	théoriser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	théorisant /te.ɔ.ʁi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		théorisé /te.ɔ.ʁi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	théorise /te.ɔ.ʁiz/	théorises /te.ɔ.ʁiz/	théorise /te.ɔ.ʁiz/	théorisons /te.ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/	théorisez /te.ɔ.ʁi.ze/	théorisent /te.ɔ.ʁiz/
	imperfect	théorisais /te.ɔ.ʁi.zɛ/	théorisais /te.ɔ.ʁi.zɛ/	théorisait /te.ɔ.ʁi.zɛ/	théorisions /te.ɔ.ʁi.zjɔ̃/	théorisiez /te.ɔ.ʁi.zje/	théorisaient /te.ɔ.ʁi.zɛ/
	past historic2	théorisai /te.ɔ.ʁi.ze/	théorisas /te.ɔ.ʁi.za/	théorisa /te.ɔ.ʁi.za/	théorisâmes /te.ɔ.ʁi.zam/	théorisâtes /te.ɔ.ʁi.zat/	théorisèrent /te.ɔ.ʁi.zɛʁ/
	future	théoriserai /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁe/	théoriseras /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁa/	théorisera /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁa/	théoriserons /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/	théoriserez /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁe/	théoriseront /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	théoriserais /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/	théoriserais /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/	théoriserait /te.ɔ.ʁiz.ʁɛ/	théoriserions /te.ɔ.ʁi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	théoriseriez /te.ɔ.ʁi.zə.ʁje/	théoriseraient /te.ɔ.ʁiz.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	théorise /te.ɔ.ʁiz/	théorises /te.ɔ.ʁiz/	théorise /te.ɔ.ʁiz/	théorisions /te.ɔ.ʁi.zjɔ̃/	théorisiez /te.ɔ.ʁi.zje/	théorisent /te.ɔ.ʁiz/
	imperfect2	théorisasse /te.ɔ.ʁi.zas/	théorisasses /te.ɔ.ʁi.zas/	théorisât /te.ɔ.ʁi.za/	théorisassions /te.ɔ.ʁi.za.sjɔ̃/	théorisassiez /te.ɔ.ʁi.za.sje/	théorisassent /te.ɔ.ʁi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	théorise /te.ɔ.ʁiz/	—	théorisons /te.ɔ.ʁi.zɔ̃/	théorisez /te.ɔ.ʁi.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).

Derived terms

• théorisation

Related terms

• théorie

Further reading

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