capitaliser

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French

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Etymology

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From capital +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ka.pi.ta.li.ze/
  • Audio (Vosges):(file)

Verb

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capitaliser

  1. (transitive, typography) to capitalize
  2. (transitive, finance) to capitalize
    capitaliser les intérêts ― to compound the interest
  3. (intransitive) to hoard, to stockpile
  4. (intransitive, figuratively) to capitalize [with sur ‘on something’]
    Synonym: tirer profit de

Conjugation

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Conjugation of capitaliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple capitaliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple capitalisant
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle capitalisé
/ka.pi.ta.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/ 		capitalises
/ka.pi.ta.liz/ 		capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/ 		capitalisons
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɔ̃/ 		capitalisez
/ka.pi.ta.li.ze/ 		capitalisent
/ka.pi.ta.liz/
imperfect capitalisais
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛ/ 		capitalisais
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛ/ 		capitalisait
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛ/ 		capitalisions
/ka.pi.ta.li.zjɔ̃/ 		capitalisiez
/ka.pi.ta.li.zje/ 		capitalisaient
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛ/
past historic2 capitalisai
/ka.pi.ta.li.ze/ 		capitalisas
/ka.pi.ta.li.za/ 		capitalisa
/ka.pi.ta.li.za/ 		capitalisâmes
/ka.pi.ta.li.zam/ 		capitalisâtes
/ka.pi.ta.li.zat/ 		capitalisèrent
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɛʁ/
future capitaliserai
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁe/ 		capitaliseras
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁa/ 		capitalisera
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁa/ 		capitaliserons
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/ 		capitaliserez
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁe/ 		capitaliseront
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional capitaliserais
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ 		capitaliserais
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ 		capitaliserait
/ka.pi.ta.liz.ʁɛ/ 		capitaliserions
/ka.pi.ta.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		capitaliseriez
/ka.pi.ta.li.zə.ʁje/ 		capitaliseraient
/ka.pi.ta.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 capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/ 		capitalises
/ka.pi.ta.liz/ 		capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/ 		capitalisions
/ka.pi.ta.li.zjɔ̃/ 		capitalisiez
/ka.pi.ta.li.zje/ 		capitalisent
/ka.pi.ta.liz/
imperfect2 capitalisasse
/ka.pi.ta.li.zas/ 		capitalisasses
/ka.pi.ta.li.zas/ 		capitalisât
/ka.pi.ta.li.za/ 		capitalisassions
/ka.pi.ta.li.za.sjɔ̃/ 		capitalisassiez
/ka.pi.ta.li.za.sje/ 		capitalisassent
/ka.pi.ta.li.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — capitalise
/ka.pi.ta.liz/ 		— capitalisons
/ka.pi.ta.li.zɔ̃/ 		capitalisez
/ka.pi.ta.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).

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