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carboxyler

to carboxylate

Usage

A chemistry verb meaning to carboxylate — adding a carboxyl group (-COOH) to a molecule, a key step in many biochemical and industrial synthesis reactions. Confined to chemistry and biochemistry.

Examples
  • L'enzyme carboxyle le composé au cours de la photosynthèse. — The enzyme carboxylates the compound during photosynthesis.
  • Les chercheurs ont carboxylé la molécule pour la rendre plus soluble. — Researchers carboxylated the molecule to make it more soluble.
  • Ce procédé chimique permet de carboxyler efficacement le substrat. — This chemical process efficiently carboxylates the substrate.
Common mistake

Easy to confuse with carbonyler (adding a carbonyl group) — the two describe distinct chemical reactions despite the similar spelling; only context makes clear which is meant.

Simple tenses

Present

jecarboxyle
tucarboxyles
il/ellecarboxyle
nouscarboxylons
vouscarboxylez
ils/ellescarboxylent

Imperfect

jecarboxylais
tucarboxylais
il/ellecarboxylait
nouscarboxylions
vouscarboxyliez
ils/ellescarboxylaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jecarboxylai
tucarboxylas
il/ellecarboxyla
nouscarboxylâmes
vouscarboxylâtes
ils/ellescarboxylèrent

Future

jecarboxylerai
tucarboxyleras
il/ellecarboxylera
nouscarboxylerons
vouscarboxylerez
ils/ellescarboxyleront

Conditional

jecarboxylerais
tucarboxylerais
il/ellecarboxylerait
nouscarboxylerions
vouscarboxyleriez
ils/ellescarboxyleraient

Subjunctive

jecarboxyle
tucarboxyles
il/ellecarboxyle
nouscarboxylions
vouscarboxyliez
ils/ellescarboxylent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jecarboxylasse
tucarboxylasses
il/ellecarboxylât
nouscarboxylassions
vouscarboxylassiez
ils/ellescarboxylassent

Imperative

tucarboxyle
nouscarboxylons
vouscarboxylez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai carboxylé
tuas carboxylé
il/ellea carboxylé
nousavons carboxylé
vousavez carboxylé
ils/ellesont carboxylé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais carboxylé
tuavais carboxylé
il/elleavait carboxylé
nousavions carboxylé
vousaviez carboxylé
ils/ellesavaient carboxylé

Passé antérieur

jeeus carboxylé
tueus carboxylé
il/elleeut carboxylé
nouseûmes carboxylé
vouseûtes carboxylé
ils/elleseurent carboxylé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai carboxylé
tuauras carboxylé
il/elleaura carboxylé
nousaurons carboxylé
vousaurez carboxylé
ils/ellesauront carboxylé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais carboxylé
tuaurais carboxylé
il/elleaurait carboxylé
nousaurions carboxylé
vousauriez carboxylé
ils/ellesauraient carboxylé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie carboxylé
tuaies carboxylé
il/elleait carboxylé
nousayons carboxylé
vousayez carboxylé
ils/ellesaient carboxylé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse carboxylé
tueusses carboxylé
il/elleeût carboxylé
nouseussions carboxylé
vouseussiez carboxylé
ils/elleseussent carboxylé

Impératif passé

tuaie carboxylé
nousayons carboxylé
vousayez carboxylé

Other

Present participle

carboxylant

Past participle

carboxylé

Infinitive

carboxyler

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Frequently asked questions

What does "carboxyler" mean?

"carboxyler" means "to carboxylate".

How do you conjugate "carboxyler" in the present tense?

The present of "carboxyler" is: je carboxyle, tu carboxyles, il/elle carboxyle, nous carboxylons, vous carboxylez, ils/elles carboxylent.

What is the Passé composé of "carboxyler"?

The passé composé of "carboxyler" is: je ai carboxylé, tu as carboxylé, il/elle a carboxylé, nous avons carboxylé, vous avez carboxylé, ils/elles ont carboxylé.

What is the Imperative of "carboxyler"?

The imperative of "carboxyler" is: tu carboxyle, nous carboxylons, vous carboxylez.

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