surmiser

English

Etymology

surmise +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • Rhymes: -aɪzə(ɹ)

Noun

surmiser (plural surmisers)

  1. One who surmises.

French

Etymology

From sur- +‎ miser.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /syʁ.mi.ze/

Verb

surmiser

  1. to overbid (bid too much)
  2. to overbet (bet too much)

Conjugation
Conjugation of surmiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple surmiser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple surmisant
/syʁ.mi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle surmisé
/syʁ.mi.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present surmise
/syʁ.miz/		 surmises
/syʁ.miz/		 surmise
/syʁ.miz/		 surmisons
/syʁ.mi.zɔ̃/		 surmisez
/syʁ.mi.ze/		 surmisent
/syʁ.miz/
imperfect surmisais
/syʁ.mi.zɛ/		 surmisais
/syʁ.mi.zɛ/		 surmisait
/syʁ.mi.zɛ/		 surmisions
/syʁ.mi.zjɔ̃/		 surmisiez
/syʁ.mi.zje/		 surmisaient
/syʁ.mi.zɛ/
past historic2 surmisai
/syʁ.mi.ze/		 surmisas
/syʁ.mi.za/		 surmisa
/syʁ.mi.za/		 surmisâmes
/syʁ.mi.zam/		 surmisâtes
/syʁ.mi.zat/		 surmisèrent
/syʁ.mi.zɛʁ/
future surmiserai
/syʁ.miz.ʁe/		 surmiseras
/syʁ.miz.ʁa/		 surmisera
/syʁ.miz.ʁa/		 surmiserons
/syʁ.miz.ʁɔ̃/		 surmiserez
/syʁ.miz.ʁe/		 surmiseront
/syʁ.miz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional surmiserais
/syʁ.miz.ʁɛ/		 surmiserais
/syʁ.miz.ʁɛ/		 surmiserait
/syʁ.miz.ʁɛ/		 surmiserions
/syʁ.mi.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 surmiseriez
/syʁ.mi.zə.ʁje/		 surmiseraient
/syʁ.miz.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 surmise
/syʁ.miz/		 surmises
/syʁ.miz/		 surmise
/syʁ.miz/		 surmisions
/syʁ.mi.zjɔ̃/		 surmisiez
/syʁ.mi.zje/		 surmisent
/syʁ.miz/
imperfect2 surmisasse
/syʁ.mi.zas/		 surmisasses
/syʁ.mi.zas/		 surmisât
/syʁ.mi.za/		 surmisassions
/syʁ.mi.za.sjɔ̃/		 surmisassiez
/syʁ.mi.za.sje/		 surmisassent
/syʁ.mi.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — surmise
/syʁ.miz/		 — surmisons
/syʁ.mi.zɔ̃/		 surmisez
/syʁ.mi.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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