Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to stabilize.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stabilise | I stabilize | |
| tu | stabilises | you stabilize | |
| il / elle / on | stabilise | he / she / it stabilizeson: we stabilize / one stabilizes | |
| nous | stabilisons | we stabilize | |
| vous | stabilisez | you stabilize | |
| ils / elles | stabilisent | they stabilize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul stabilise l'étagère avec une cale.
Paul stabilizes the bookcase with a wedge.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai stabilisé | I stabilized | |
| tu | as stabilisé | you stabilized | |
| il / elle / on | a stabilisé | he / she / it stabilizedon: we stabilized / one stabilized | |
| nous | avons stabilisé | we stabilized | |
| vous | avez stabilisé | you stabilized | |
| ils / elles | ont stabilisé | they stabilized |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a stabilisé l'étagère avec une cale.
Yesterday, Paul stabilized the bookcase with a wedge.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
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Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stabilisais | I used to stabilize | |
| tu | stabilisais | you used to stabilize | |
| il / elle / on | stabilisait | he / she / it used to stabilizeon: we used to stabilize / one used to stabilize | |
| nous | stabilisions | we used to stabilize | |
| vous | stabilisiez | you used to stabilize | |
| ils / elles | stabilisaient | they used to stabilize |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul stabilisait l'étagère avec une cale.
Back then, Paul used to stabilize the bookcase with a wedge.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stabiliserai | I will stabilize | |
| tu | stabiliseras | you will stabilize | |
| il / elle / on | stabilisera | he / she / it will stabilizeon: we will stabilize / one will stabilize | |
| nous | stabiliserons | we will stabilize | |
| vous | stabiliserez | you will stabilize | |
| ils / elles | stabiliseront | they will stabilize |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul stabilisera l'étagère avec une cale.
Later, Paul will stabilize the bookcase with a wedge.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stabiliserais | I would stabilize | |
| tu | stabiliserais | you would stabilize | |
| il / elle / on | stabiliserait | he / she / it would stabilizeon: we would stabilize / one would stabilize | |
| nous | stabiliserions | we would stabilize | |
| vous | stabiliseriez | you would stabilize | |
| ils / elles | stabiliseraient | they would stabilize |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul stabiliserait l'étagère avec une cale.
Paul would stabilize the bookcase with a wedge.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | stabilise | (that) I stabilize | |
| tu | stabilises | (that) you stabilize | |
| il / elle / on | stabilise | (that) he / she / it stabilizeson: (that) we stabilize / one stabilizes | |
| nous | stabilisions | (that) we stabilize | |
| vous | stabilisiez | (that) you stabilize | |
| ils / elles | stabilisent | (that) they stabilize |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul stabilise l'étagère avec une cale.
It is possible that Paul stabilizes the bookcase with a wedge.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to stabilise
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations