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English

Etymology

From initialise +‎ -er.

Noun

initialiser (plural initialisers)

Alternative spelling of initializer.

French

Etymology

From initial +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /i.ni.sja.li.ze/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Audio (France (Somain)): (file)

Verb

initialiser

(transitive) to initialize

Conjugation

Conjugation of initialiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	initialiser
present participle or gerund¹	simple	initialisant /i.ni.sja.li.zɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		initialisé /i.ni.sja.li.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	initialise /i.ni.sja.liz/	initialises /i.ni.sja.liz/	initialise /i.ni.sja.liz/	initialisons /i.ni.sja.li.zɔ̃/	initialisez /i.ni.sja.li.ze/	initialisent /i.ni.sja.liz/
	imperfect	initialisais /i.ni.sja.li.zɛ/	initialisais /i.ni.sja.li.zɛ/	initialisait /i.ni.sja.li.zɛ/	initialisions /i.ni.sja.li.zjɔ̃/	initialisiez /i.ni.sja.li.zje/	initialisaient /i.ni.sja.li.zɛ/
	past historic²	initialisai /i.ni.sja.li.ze/	initialisas /i.ni.sja.li.za/	initialisa /i.ni.sja.li.za/	initialisâmes /i.ni.sja.li.zam/	initialisâtes /i.ni.sja.li.zat/	initialisèrent /i.ni.sja.li.zɛʁ/
	future	initialiserai /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁe/	initialiseras /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁa/	initialisera /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁa/	initialiserons /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁɔ̃/	initialiserez /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁe/	initialiseront /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	initialiserais /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁɛ/	initialiserais /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁɛ/	initialiserait /i.ni.sja.liz.ʁɛ/	initialiserions /i.ni.sja.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	initialiseriez /i.ni.sja.li.zə.ʁje/	initialiseraient /i.ni.sja.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	initialise /i.ni.sja.liz/	initialises /i.ni.sja.liz/	initialise /i.ni.sja.liz/	initialisions /i.ni.sja.li.zjɔ̃/	initialisiez /i.ni.sja.li.zje/	initialisent /i.ni.sja.liz/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	initialisasse /i.ni.sja.li.zas/	initialisasses /i.ni.sja.li.zas/	initialisât /i.ni.sja.li.za/	initialisassions /i.ni.sja.li.za.sjɔ̃/	initialisassiez /i.ni.sja.li.za.sje/	initialisassent /i.ni.sja.li.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	initialise /i.ni.sja.liz/	—	initialisons /i.ni.sja.li.zɔ̃/	initialisez /i.ni.sja.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).