rationaliser

English

Etymology

From rationalise +‎ -er.

Noun

rationaliser (plural rationalisers)

1. Alternative form of rationalizer.

French

Etymology

From rationnel +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.ze/

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Verb

rationaliser

1. (transitive) to rationalize
2. (transitive) to streamline (to make more efficient)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rationaliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rationaliser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rationalisant /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rationalisé /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/	rationalises /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/	rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/	rationalisons /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɔ̃/	rationalisez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.ze/	rationalisent /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/
	imperfect	rationalisais /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛ/	rationalisais /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛ/	rationalisait /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛ/	rationalisions /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zjɔ̃/	rationalisiez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zje/	rationalisaient /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	rationalisai /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.ze/	rationalisas /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za/	rationalisa /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za/	rationalisâmes /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zam/	rationalisâtes /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zat/	rationalisèrent /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɛʁ/
	future	rationaliserai /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁe/	rationaliseras /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁa/	rationalisera /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁa/	rationaliserons /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɔ̃/	rationaliserez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁe/	rationaliseront /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rationaliserais /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɛ/	rationaliserais /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɛ/	rationaliserait /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz.ʁɛ/	rationaliserions /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	rationaliseriez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zə.ʁje/	rationaliseraient /ʁa.sjɔ.na.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	rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/	rationalises /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/	rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/	rationalisions /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zjɔ̃/	rationalisiez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zje/	rationalisent /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/
	imperfect2	rationalisasse /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zas/	rationalisasses /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zas/	rationalisât /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za/	rationalisassions /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za.sjɔ̃/	rationalisassiez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.za.sje/	rationalisassent /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rationalise /ʁa.sjɔ.na.liz/	—	rationalisons /ʁa.sjɔ.na.li.zɔ̃/	rationalisez /ʁa.sjɔ.na.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).

Further reading

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