fraterniser

English

Etymology

From fraternize +‎ -er.

Noun

fraterniser (plural fraternisers)

1. Non-Oxford British English standard spelling of fraternizer.
   • 2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 58:

     So, Andover featured in the Glorious Revolution, which involved the deposition of Catholic fraterniser James II and his replacement by stout Protestants William and Mary.

French

Etymology

From Latin fraternus (“brotherly”) + -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.ze/

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Verb

fraterniser

1. to fraternize

   Synonym: sympathiser

   fraterniser avec l'ennemi ― to fraternize with the enemy

Conjugation

Conjugation of fraterniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	fraterniser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	fraternisant /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		fraternisé /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/	fraternises /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/	fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/	fraternisons /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/	fraternisez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.ze/	fraternisent /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/
	imperfect	fraternisais /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/	fraternisais /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/	fraternisait /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/	fraternisions /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/	fraternisiez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zje/	fraternisaient /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛ/
	past historic2	fraternisai /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.ze/	fraternisas /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za/	fraternisa /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za/	fraternisâmes /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zam/	fraternisâtes /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zat/	fraternisèrent /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɛʁ/
	future	fraterniserai /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁe/	fraterniseras /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁa/	fraternisera /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁa/	fraterniserons /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/	fraterniserez /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁe/	fraterniseront /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	fraterniserais /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/	fraterniserais /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/	fraterniserait /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz.ʁɛ/	fraterniserions /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	fraterniseriez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zə.ʁje/	fraterniseraient /fʁa.tɛʁ.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	fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/	fraternises /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/	fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/	fraternisions /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zjɔ̃/	fraternisiez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zje/	fraternisent /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/
	imperfect2	fraternisasse /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zas/	fraternisasses /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zas/	fraternisât /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za/	fraternisassions /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/	fraternisassiez /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.za.sje/	fraternisassent /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	fraternise /fʁa.tɛʁ.niz/	—	fraternisons /fʁa.tɛʁ.ni.zɔ̃/	fraternisez /fʁa.tɛʁ.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).

Related terms

• fraternel
• frère

Further reading

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