enseigner
French
editEtymology
editInherited from Middle French enseignier, from Old French enseignier, from Vulgar Latin īnsignāre (also found in Medieval Latin), from Latin signāre. Compare Italian insegnare, Spanish enseñar.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editenseigner
- (transitive, with recipient as direct object) to teach, to instruct, to educate
- Synonym: instruire
- enseigner des enfants et des adolescents ― to teach young children and adolescents
- (transitive, with subject matter as direct object, instructee as indirect object with à) to teach
- Synonym: apprendre
- enseigner quelque chose à quelqu’un ― to teach someone something (literally, to teach something to someone)
- enseigner à quelqu’un à faire quelque chose ― to teach someone (how) to do something
- enseigner (à quelqu’un) que […] ― to teach (someone) that […]
- On lui enseigne le français. ― We are teaching him/her French.
- Elle a l’intention de leur enseigner à résoudre les équations différentielles. ― She intends to teach them to solve differential equations.
Conjugation
editConjugation of enseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enseigner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enseignant /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enseigné /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseignes /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseignons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ |
enseignez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
enseignent /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
imperfect | enseignais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
enseignais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
enseignait /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
enseignions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ |
enseigniez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲje/ |
enseignaient /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enseignai /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
enseignas /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
enseigna /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
enseignâmes /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲam/ |
enseignâtes /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲat/ |
enseignèrent /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛʁ/ | |
future | enseignerai /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ |
enseigneras /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ |
enseignera /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ |
enseignerons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
enseignerez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ |
enseigneront /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enseignerais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
enseignerais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
enseignerait /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
enseignerions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enseigneriez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁje/ |
enseigneraient /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.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 | enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseignes /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseignions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ |
enseigniez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲje/ |
enseignent /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
imperfect2 | enseignasse /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲas/ |
enseignasses /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲas/ |
enseignât /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
enseignassions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
enseignassiez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa.sje/ |
enseignassent /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
— | enseignons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ |
enseignez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
editSee also
editFurther reading
edit- “enseigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
editOld French
editVerb
editenseigner
- Alternative form of enseignier
Conjugation
editThis verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enseigner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | enseigner | avoir enseigné | |||||
gerund | en enseignant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | enseignant | ||||||
past participle | enseigné | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | enseing | enseignes | enseigne | enseignons | enseignez | enseignent |
imperfect | enseignoie, enseigneie, enseignoe, enseigneve | enseignoies, enseigneies, enseignoes, enseigneves | enseignoit, enseigneit, enseignot, enseigneve | enseigniiens, enseigniens | enseigniiez, enseigniez | enseignoient, enseigneient, enseignoent, enseignevent | |
preterite | enseignai | enseignas | enseigna | enseignames | enseignastes | enseignerent | |
future | enseignerai | enseigneras | enseignera | enseignerons | enseigneroiz, enseignereiz, enseignerez | enseigneront | |
conditional | enseigneroie, enseignereie | enseigneroies, enseignereies | enseigneroit, enseignereit | enseigneriiens, enseigneriens | enseigneriiez, enseigneriez | enseigneroient, enseignereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | enseing | enseinz | enseint | enseignons | enseignez | enseignent |
imperfect | enseignasse | enseignasses | enseignast | enseignissons, enseignissiens | enseignissoiz, enseignissez, enseignissiez | enseignassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | enseigne | — | enseignons | enseignez | — |
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