stabiliser

English

Etymology

stabilise +‎ -er

Noun

stabiliser (plural stabilisers)

  1. (Non-Oxford British English) Alternative spelling of stabilizer.
    • 2021 December 29, “Network News: RAIB: tighten up supervision after 27mph train sideswipe incident”, in RAIL, number 947, page 8:
      The 0812 Huddersfield-Sheffield service struck the stabiliser leg of a lorry being used to take away portable toilets after local repair work.

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Etymology

stable +‎ -iser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sta.bi.li.ze/
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Verb

stabiliser

  1. (transitive) to stabilise
  2. (reflexive, se stabiliser) to stabilise

Conjugation
Conjugation of stabiliser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple stabiliser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple stabilisant
/sta.bi.li.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle stabilisé
/sta.bi.li.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/		 stabilises
/sta.bi.liz/		 stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/		 stabilisons
/sta.bi.li.zɔ̃/		 stabilisez
/sta.bi.li.ze/		 stabilisent
/sta.bi.liz/
imperfect stabilisais
/sta.bi.li.zɛ/		 stabilisais
/sta.bi.li.zɛ/		 stabilisait
/sta.bi.li.zɛ/		 stabilisions
/sta.bi.li.zjɔ̃/		 stabilisiez
/sta.bi.li.zje/		 stabilisaient
/sta.bi.li.zɛ/
past historic2 stabilisai
/sta.bi.li.ze/		 stabilisas
/sta.bi.li.za/		 stabilisa
/sta.bi.li.za/		 stabilisâmes
/sta.bi.li.zam/		 stabilisâtes
/sta.bi.li.zat/		 stabilisèrent
/sta.bi.li.zɛʁ/
future stabiliserai
/sta.bi.liz.ʁe/		 stabiliseras
/sta.bi.liz.ʁa/		 stabilisera
/sta.bi.liz.ʁa/		 stabiliserons
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/		 stabiliserez
/sta.bi.liz.ʁe/		 stabiliseront
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional stabiliserais
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɛ/		 stabiliserais
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɛ/		 stabiliserait
/sta.bi.liz.ʁɛ/		 stabiliserions
/sta.bi.li.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 stabiliseriez
/sta.bi.li.zə.ʁje/		 stabiliseraient
/sta.bi.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 stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/		 stabilises
/sta.bi.liz/		 stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/		 stabilisions
/sta.bi.li.zjɔ̃/		 stabilisiez
/sta.bi.li.zje/		 stabilisent
/sta.bi.liz/
imperfect2 stabilisasse
/sta.bi.li.zas/		 stabilisasses
/sta.bi.li.zas/		 stabilisât
/sta.bi.li.za/		 stabilisassions
/sta.bi.li.za.sjɔ̃/		 stabilisassiez
/sta.bi.li.za.sje/		 stabilisassent
/sta.bi.li.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — stabilise
/sta.bi.liz/		 — stabilisons
/sta.bi.li.zɔ̃/		 stabilisez
/sta.bi.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).

Descendants
  • → Romanian: stabiliza

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

stabiliser

  1. imperative of stabilisere
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