courtiser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian corteggiare.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kuʁ.ti.ze/
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Verb

courtiser

  1. (transitive) to court; to woo (to endeavor to gain someone's affection)
    Synonyms: faire la cour, (informal) draguer

Conjugation
Conjugation of courtiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple courtiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple courtisant
/kuʁ.ti.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle courtisé
/kuʁ.ti.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present courtise
/kuʁ.tiz/		 courtises
/kuʁ.tiz/		 courtise
/kuʁ.tiz/		 courtisons
/kuʁ.ti.zɔ̃/		 courtisez
/kuʁ.ti.ze/		 courtisent
/kuʁ.tiz/
imperfect courtisais
/kuʁ.ti.zɛ/		 courtisais
/kuʁ.ti.zɛ/		 courtisait
/kuʁ.ti.zɛ/		 courtisions
/kuʁ.ti.zjɔ̃/		 courtisiez
/kuʁ.ti.zje/		 courtisaient
/kuʁ.ti.zɛ/
past historic2 courtisai
/kuʁ.ti.ze/		 courtisas
/kuʁ.ti.za/		 courtisa
/kuʁ.ti.za/		 courtisâmes
/kuʁ.ti.zam/		 courtisâtes
/kuʁ.ti.zat/		 courtisèrent
/kuʁ.ti.zɛʁ/
future courtiserai
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁe/		 courtiseras
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁa/		 courtisera
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁa/		 courtiserons
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁɔ̃/		 courtiserez
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁe/		 courtiseront
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional courtiserais
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁɛ/		 courtiserais
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁɛ/		 courtiserait
/kuʁ.tiz.ʁɛ/		 courtiserions
/kuʁ.ti.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 courtiseriez
/kuʁ.ti.zə.ʁje/		 courtiseraient
/kuʁ.tiz.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 courtise
/kuʁ.tiz/		 courtises
/kuʁ.tiz/		 courtise
/kuʁ.tiz/		 courtisions
/kuʁ.ti.zjɔ̃/		 courtisiez
/kuʁ.ti.zje/		 courtisent
/kuʁ.tiz/
imperfect2 courtisasse
/kuʁ.ti.zas/		 courtisasses
/kuʁ.ti.zas/		 courtisât
/kuʁ.ti.za/		 courtisassions
/kuʁ.ti.za.sjɔ̃/		 courtisassiez
/kuʁ.ti.za.sje/		 courtisassent
/kuʁ.ti.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — courtise
/kuʁ.tiz/		 — courtisons
/kuʁ.ti.zɔ̃/		 courtisez
/kuʁ.ti.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).

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