agoniser

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀγωνίζομαι (agōnízomai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/

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Verb

agoniser

1. (intransitive) to be dying (slowly); to be at death's door

   Synonym: se mourir

2. (intransitive, figuratively) to be in one's death throes

Conjugation

Conjugation of agoniser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	agoniser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	agonisant /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		agonisé /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/	agonises /a.ɡɔ.niz/	agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/	agonisons /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɔ̃/	agonisez /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/	agonisent /a.ɡɔ.niz/
	imperfect	agonisais /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛ/	agonisais /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛ/	agonisait /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛ/	agonisions /a.ɡɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/	agonisiez /a.ɡɔ.ni.zje/	agonisaient /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛ/
	past historic2	agonisai /a.ɡɔ.ni.ze/	agonisas /a.ɡɔ.ni.za/	agonisa /a.ɡɔ.ni.za/	agonisâmes /a.ɡɔ.ni.zam/	agonisâtes /a.ɡɔ.ni.zat/	agonisèrent /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɛʁ/
	future	agoniserai /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁe/	agoniseras /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁa/	agonisera /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁa/	agoniserons /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/	agoniserez /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁe/	agoniseront /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	agoniserais /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɛ/	agoniserais /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɛ/	agoniserait /a.ɡɔ.niz.ʁɛ/	agoniserions /a.ɡɔ.ni.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	agoniseriez /a.ɡɔ.ni.zə.ʁje/	agoniseraient /a.ɡɔ.niz.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	agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/	agonises /a.ɡɔ.niz/	agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/	agonisions /a.ɡɔ.ni.zjɔ̃/	agonisiez /a.ɡɔ.ni.zje/	agonisent /a.ɡɔ.niz/
	imperfect2	agonisasse /a.ɡɔ.ni.zas/	agonisasses /a.ɡɔ.ni.zas/	agonisât /a.ɡɔ.ni.za/	agonisassions /a.ɡɔ.ni.za.sjɔ̃/	agonisassiez /a.ɡɔ.ni.za.sje/	agonisassent /a.ɡɔ.ni.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	agonise /a.ɡɔ.niz/	—	agonisons /a.ɡɔ.ni.zɔ̃/	agonisez /a.ɡɔ.ni.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).

Derived terms

• agonisant

Related terms

• agonie

See also

• à l'article de la mort

Further reading

• “agoniser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• agréions, égarions, organise, organisé, rongeais, soignera, songerai