sensibiliser

French

Etymology

From sensible +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/

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Verb

sensibiliser

1. (transitive) to make sensitive
2. (transitive) to raise awareness

   Synonym: conscientiser

Conjugation

Conjugation of sensibiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sensibiliser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sensibilisant /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sensibilisé /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/	sensibilises /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/	sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/	sensibilisons /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɔ̃/	sensibilisez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/	sensibilisent /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/
	imperfect	sensibilisais /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/	sensibilisais /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/	sensibilisait /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/	sensibilisions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zjɔ̃/	sensibilisiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zje/	sensibilisaient /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	sensibilisai /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.ze/	sensibilisas /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/	sensibilisa /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/	sensibilisâmes /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zam/	sensibilisâtes /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zat/	sensibilisèrent /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɛʁ/
	future	sensibiliserai /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁe/	sensibiliseras /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁa/	sensibilisera /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁa/	sensibiliserons /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/	sensibiliserez /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁe/	sensibiliseront /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sensibiliserais /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/	sensibiliserais /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/	sensibiliserait /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz.ʁɛ/	sensibiliserions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	sensibiliseriez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zə.ʁje/	sensibiliseraient /sɑ̃.si.bi.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	sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/	sensibilises /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/	sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/	sensibilisions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zjɔ̃/	sensibilisiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zje/	sensibilisent /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/
	imperfect2	sensibilisasse /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/	sensibilisasses /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/	sensibilisât /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za/	sensibilisassions /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃/	sensibilisassiez /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.za.sje/	sensibilisassent /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sensibilise /sɑ̃.si.bi.liz/	—	sensibilisons /sɑ̃.si.bi.li.zɔ̃/	sensibilisez /sɑ̃.si.bi.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).

Derived terms

• désensibiliser
• sensibilisation

Further reading

• “sensibiliser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “sensibiliser” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “sensibiliser” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.