minimiser

English

Noun

minimiser (plural minimisers)

1. Alternative spelling of minimizer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English minimize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mi.ni.mi.ze/

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Verb

minimiser

1. to lessen the importance of in the mind of people; to belittle, downplay, understate

   Near-synonym: relativiser

2. (sometimes proscribed) to reduce the effect of; to minimize

Usage notes

• In the meaning "render smaller in size or scope", minimiser is considered an anglicism and verbs like réduire, limiter or atténuer are considered preferable by some.

Conjugation

Conjugation of minimiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	minimiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	minimisant /mi.ni.mi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		minimisé /mi.ni.mi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	minimises /mi.ni.miz/	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	minimisons /mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/	minimisez /mi.ni.mi.ze/	minimisent /mi.ni.miz/
	imperfect	minimisais /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/	minimisais /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/	minimisait /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/	minimisions /mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/	minimisiez /mi.ni.mi.zje/	minimisaient /mi.ni.mi.zɛ/
	past historic2	minimisai /mi.ni.mi.ze/	minimisas /mi.ni.mi.za/	minimisa /mi.ni.mi.za/	minimisâmes /mi.ni.mi.zam/	minimisâtes /mi.ni.mi.zat/	minimisèrent /mi.ni.mi.zɛʁ/
	future	minimiserai /mi.ni.miz.ʁe/	minimiseras /mi.ni.miz.ʁa/	minimisera /mi.ni.miz.ʁa/	minimiserons /mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/	minimiserez /mi.ni.miz.ʁe/	minimiseront /mi.ni.miz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	minimiserais /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/	minimiserais /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/	minimiserait /mi.ni.miz.ʁɛ/	minimiserions /mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	minimiseriez /mi.ni.mi.zə.ʁje/	minimiseraient /mi.ni.miz.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	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	minimises /mi.ni.miz/	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	minimisions /mi.ni.mi.zjɔ̃/	minimisiez /mi.ni.mi.zje/	minimisent /mi.ni.miz/
	imperfect2	minimisasse /mi.ni.mi.zas/	minimisasses /mi.ni.mi.zas/	minimisât /mi.ni.mi.za/	minimisassions /mi.ni.mi.za.sjɔ̃/	minimisassiez /mi.ni.mi.za.sje/	minimisassent /mi.ni.mi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	minimise /mi.ni.miz/	—	minimisons /mi.ni.mi.zɔ̃/	minimisez /mi.ni.mi.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

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