syllogiser

English

Noun

syllogiser (plural syllogisers)

1. Alternative form of syllogizer

French

Etymology

From Latin syllogizāre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

syllogiser

1. to infer by means of syllogisms; to syllogize

Conjugation

Conjugation of syllogiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	syllogiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	syllogisant /si.lɔ.ʒi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		syllogisé /si.lɔ.ʒi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	syllogise /si.lɔ.ʒiz/	syllogises /si.lɔ.ʒiz/	syllogise /si.lɔ.ʒiz/	syllogisons /si.lɔ.ʒi.zɔ̃/	syllogisez /si.lɔ.ʒi.ze/	syllogisent /si.lɔ.ʒiz/
	imperfect	syllogisais /si.lɔ.ʒi.zɛ/	syllogisais /si.lɔ.ʒi.zɛ/	syllogisait /si.lɔ.ʒi.zɛ/	syllogisions /si.lɔ.ʒi.zjɔ̃/	syllogisiez /si.lɔ.ʒi.zje/	syllogisaient /si.lɔ.ʒi.zɛ/
	past historic2	syllogisai /si.lɔ.ʒi.ze/	syllogisas /si.lɔ.ʒi.za/	syllogisa /si.lɔ.ʒi.za/	syllogisâmes /si.lɔ.ʒi.zam/	syllogisâtes /si.lɔ.ʒi.zat/	syllogisèrent /si.lɔ.ʒi.zɛʁ/
	future	syllogiserai /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁe/	syllogiseras /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁa/	syllogisera /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁa/	syllogiserons /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɔ̃/	syllogiserez /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁe/	syllogiseront /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	syllogiserais /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɛ/	syllogiserais /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɛ/	syllogiserait /si.lɔ.ʒiz.ʁɛ/	syllogiserions /si.lɔ.ʒi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	syllogiseriez /si.lɔ.ʒi.zə.ʁje/	syllogiseraient /si.lɔ.ʒiz.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	syllogise /si.lɔ.ʒiz/	syllogises /si.lɔ.ʒiz/	syllogise /si.lɔ.ʒiz/	syllogisions /si.lɔ.ʒi.zjɔ̃/	syllogisiez /si.lɔ.ʒi.zje/	syllogisent /si.lɔ.ʒiz/
	imperfect2	syllogisasse /si.lɔ.ʒi.zas/	syllogisasses /si.lɔ.ʒi.zas/	syllogisât /si.lɔ.ʒi.za/	syllogisassions /si.lɔ.ʒi.za.sjɔ̃/	syllogisassiez /si.lɔ.ʒi.za.sje/	syllogisassent /si.lɔ.ʒi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	syllogise /si.lɔ.ʒiz/	—	syllogisons /si.lɔ.ʒi.zɔ̃/	syllogisez /si.lɔ.ʒi.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).

Related terms

• syllogisme
• syllogistique

Further reading

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