moderniser

English

Etymology

From modernise +‎ -er.

Noun

moderniser (plural modernisers)

1. (British spelling) Alternative spelling of modernizer

Related terms

• modernisation
• modernise

French

Etymology

From moderne +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

moderniser

1. to modernize

Conjugation

Conjugation of moderniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	moderniser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	modernisant /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		modernisé /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/	modernises /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/	modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/	modernisons /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/	modernisez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/	modernisent /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/
	imperfect	modernisais /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/	modernisais /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/	modernisait /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/	modernisions /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/	modernisiez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zje/	modernisaient /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛ/
	past historic2	modernisai /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.ze/	modernisas /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/	modernisa /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/	modernisâmes /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zam/	modernisâtes /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zat/	modernisèrent /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɛʁ/
	future	moderniserai /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁe/	moderniseras /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁa/	modernisera /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁa/	moderniserons /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/	moderniserez /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁe/	moderniseront /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	moderniserais /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/	moderniserais /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/	moderniserait /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/	moderniserions /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	moderniseriez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁje/	moderniseraient /mɔ.dɛʁ.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	modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/	modernises /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/	modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/	modernisions /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/	modernisiez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zje/	modernisent /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/
	imperfect2	modernisasse /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/	modernisasses /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/	modernisât /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za/	modernisassions /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/	modernisassiez /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.za.sje/	modernisassent /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	modernise /mɔ.dɛʁ.niz/	—	modernisons /mɔ.dɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/	modernisez /mɔ.dɛʁ.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).

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

moderniser

1. imperative of modernisere