optimiser

English

Noun

optimiser (plural optimisers)

1. Alternative spelling of optimizer.

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English optimize.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔp.ti.mi.ze/

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Verb

optimiser

1. to optimize

Conjugation

Conjugation of optimiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	optimiser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	optimisant /ɔp.ti.mi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		optimisé /ɔp.ti.mi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	optimise /ɔp.ti.miz/	optimises /ɔp.ti.miz/	optimise /ɔp.ti.miz/	optimisons /ɔp.ti.mi.zɔ̃/	optimisez /ɔp.ti.mi.ze/	optimisent /ɔp.ti.miz/
	imperfect	optimisais /ɔp.ti.mi.zɛ/	optimisais /ɔp.ti.mi.zɛ/	optimisait /ɔp.ti.mi.zɛ/	optimisions /ɔp.ti.mi.zjɔ̃/	optimisiez /ɔp.ti.mi.zje/	optimisaient /ɔp.ti.mi.zɛ/
	past historic2	optimisai /ɔp.ti.mi.ze/	optimisas /ɔp.ti.mi.za/	optimisa /ɔp.ti.mi.za/	optimisâmes /ɔp.ti.mi.zam/	optimisâtes /ɔp.ti.mi.zat/	optimisèrent /ɔp.ti.mi.zɛʁ/
	future	optimiserai /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁe/	optimiseras /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁa/	optimisera /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁa/	optimiserons /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁɔ̃/	optimiserez /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁe/	optimiseront /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	optimiserais /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁɛ/	optimiserais /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁɛ/	optimiserait /ɔp.ti.miz.ʁɛ/	optimiserions /ɔp.ti.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	optimiseriez /ɔp.ti.mi.zə.ʁje/	optimiseraient /ɔp.ti.miz.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	optimise /ɔp.ti.miz/	optimises /ɔp.ti.miz/	optimise /ɔp.ti.miz/	optimisions /ɔp.ti.mi.zjɔ̃/	optimisiez /ɔp.ti.mi.zje/	optimisent /ɔp.ti.miz/
	imperfect2	optimisasse /ɔp.ti.mi.zas/	optimisasses /ɔp.ti.mi.zas/	optimisât /ɔp.ti.mi.za/	optimisassions /ɔp.ti.mi.za.sjɔ̃/	optimisassiez /ɔp.ti.mi.za.sje/	optimisassent /ɔp.ti.mi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	optimise /ɔp.ti.miz/	—	optimisons /ɔp.ti.mi.zɔ̃/	optimisez /ɔp.ti.mi.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

• optimisation

Related terms

• optimal

Further reading

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