improviser

English

Etymology

From improvise +‎ -er.

Noun

improviser (plural improvisers)

1. One who improvises.

Translations

one who improvises

Czech: improvizátor m

References

• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “improviser”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “improviser”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian improvvisare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.ze/

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Verb

improviser

1. to improvise

Conjugation

Conjugation of improviser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	improviser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	improvisant /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		improvisé /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	improvise /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/	improvises /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/	improvise /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/	improvisons /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zɔ̃/	improvisez /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.ze/	improvisent /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/
	imperfect	improvisais /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zɛ/	improvisais /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zɛ/	improvisait /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zɛ/	improvisions /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ̃/	improvisiez /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zje/	improvisaient /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zɛ/
	past historic2	improvisai /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.ze/	improvisas /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za/	improvisa /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za/	improvisâmes /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zam/	improvisâtes /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zat/	improvisèrent /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zɛʁ/
	future	improviserai /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁe/	improviseras /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁa/	improvisera /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁa/	improviserons /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁɔ̃/	improviserez /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁe/	improviseront /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	improviserais /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁɛ/	improviserais /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁɛ/	improviserait /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.ʁɛ/	improviserions /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	improviseriez /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zə.ʁje/	improviseraient /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz.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	improvise /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/	improvises /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/	improvise /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/	improvisions /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zjɔ̃/	improvisiez /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zje/	improvisent /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/
	imperfect2	improvisasse /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zas/	improvisasses /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zas/	improvisât /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za/	improvisassions /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za.sjɔ̃/	improvisassiez /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.za.sje/	improvisassent /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	improvise /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.viz/	—	improvisons /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.zɔ̃/	improvisez /ɛ̃.pʁɔ.vi.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

• improvisation

Further reading

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

improviser

1. imperative of improvisere