subdiviser

French

Etymology

From sub- +‎ diviser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /syb.di.vi.ze/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Somain)):

  (file)

Verb

subdiviser

1. (transitive) to subdivide

Conjugation

Conjugation of subdiviser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	subdiviser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	subdivisant /syb.di.vi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		subdivisé /syb.di.vi.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	subdivise /syb.di.viz/	subdivises /syb.di.viz/	subdivise /syb.di.viz/	subdivisons /syb.di.vi.zɔ̃/	subdivisez /syb.di.vi.ze/	subdivisent /syb.di.viz/
	imperfect	subdivisais /syb.di.vi.zɛ/	subdivisais /syb.di.vi.zɛ/	subdivisait /syb.di.vi.zɛ/	subdivisions /syb.di.vi.zjɔ̃/	subdivisiez /syb.di.vi.zje/	subdivisaient /syb.di.vi.zɛ/
	past historic2	subdivisai /syb.di.vi.ze/	subdivisas /syb.di.vi.za/	subdivisa /syb.di.vi.za/	subdivisâmes /syb.di.vi.zam/	subdivisâtes /syb.di.vi.zat/	subdivisèrent /syb.di.vi.zɛʁ/
	future	subdiviserai /syb.di.viz.ʁe/	subdiviseras /syb.di.viz.ʁa/	subdivisera /syb.di.viz.ʁa/	subdiviserons /syb.di.viz.ʁɔ̃/	subdiviserez /syb.di.viz.ʁe/	subdiviseront /syb.di.viz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	subdiviserais /syb.di.viz.ʁɛ/	subdiviserais /syb.di.viz.ʁɛ/	subdiviserait /syb.di.viz.ʁɛ/	subdiviserions /syb.di.vi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	subdiviseriez /syb.di.vi.zə.ʁje/	subdiviseraient /syb.di.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	subdivise /syb.di.viz/	subdivises /syb.di.viz/	subdivise /syb.di.viz/	subdivisions /syb.di.vi.zjɔ̃/	subdivisiez /syb.di.vi.zje/	subdivisent /syb.di.viz/
	imperfect2	subdivisasse /syb.di.vi.zas/	subdivisasses /syb.di.vi.zas/	subdivisât /syb.di.vi.za/	subdivisassions /syb.di.vi.za.sjɔ̃/	subdivisassiez /syb.di.vi.za.sje/	subdivisassent /syb.di.vi.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	subdivise /syb.di.viz/	—	subdivisons /syb.di.vi.zɔ̃/	subdivisez /syb.di.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).

Further reading

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