tétaniser

French

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Verb

tétaniser

  1. to tetanize
  2. (usually in the past participle) to petrify, to scare stiff

Conjugation

Conjugation of tétaniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple tétaniser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple tétanisant
/te.ta.ni.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle tétanisé
/te.ta.ni.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present tétanise
/te.ta.niz/ 		tétanises
/te.ta.niz/ 		tétanise
/te.ta.niz/ 		tétanisons
/te.ta.ni.zɔ̃/ 		tétanisez
/te.ta.ni.ze/ 		tétanisent
/te.ta.niz/
imperfect tétanisais
/te.ta.ni.zɛ/ 		tétanisais
/te.ta.ni.zɛ/ 		tétanisait
/te.ta.ni.zɛ/ 		tétanisions
/te.ta.ni.zjɔ̃/ 		tétanisiez
/te.ta.ni.zje/ 		tétanisaient
/te.ta.ni.zɛ/
past historic2 tétanisai
/te.ta.ni.ze/ 		tétanisas
/te.ta.ni.za/ 		tétanisa
/te.ta.ni.za/ 		tétanisâmes
/te.ta.ni.zam/ 		tétanisâtes
/te.ta.ni.zat/ 		tétanisèrent
/te.ta.ni.zɛʁ/
future tétaniserai
/te.ta.niz.ʁe/ 		tétaniseras
/te.ta.niz.ʁa/ 		tétanisera
/te.ta.niz.ʁa/ 		tétaniserons
/te.ta.niz.ʁɔ̃/ 		tétaniserez
/te.ta.niz.ʁe/ 		tétaniseront
/te.ta.niz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional tétaniserais
/te.ta.niz.ʁɛ/ 		tétaniserais
/te.ta.niz.ʁɛ/ 		tétaniserait
/te.ta.niz.ʁɛ/ 		tétaniserions
/te.ta.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		tétaniseriez
/te.ta.ni.zə.ʁje/ 		tétaniseraient
/te.ta.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 tétanise
/te.ta.niz/ 		tétanises
/te.ta.niz/ 		tétanise
/te.ta.niz/ 		tétanisions
/te.ta.ni.zjɔ̃/ 		tétanisiez
/te.ta.ni.zje/ 		tétanisent
/te.ta.niz/
imperfect2 tétanisasse
/te.ta.ni.zas/ 		tétanisasses
/te.ta.ni.zas/ 		tétanisât
/te.ta.ni.za/ 		tétanisassions
/te.ta.ni.za.sjɔ̃/ 		tétanisassiez
/te.ta.ni.za.sje/ 		tétanisassent
/te.ta.ni.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — tétanise
/te.ta.niz/ 		— tétanisons
/te.ta.ni.zɔ̃/ 		tétanisez
/te.ta.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).

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