recharger
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
recharger (plural rechargers)
- That which recharges, especially a device for recharging an electrical item.
French edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
recharger
Conjugation edit
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written recharge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of recharger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | recharger | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rechargeant /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rechargé /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | recharge /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
recharges /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
recharge /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
rechargeons /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
rechargez /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ |
rechargent /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
| imperfect | rechargeais /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ |
rechargeais /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ |
rechargeait /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ |
rechargions /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
rechargiez /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒje/ |
rechargeaient /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rechargeai /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ |
rechargeas /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ |
rechargea /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ |
rechargeâmes /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒam/ |
rechargeâtes /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒat/ |
rechargèrent /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
| future | rechargerai /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
rechargeras /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
rechargera /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ |
rechargerons /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ |
rechargerez /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ |
rechargeront /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rechargerais /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
rechargerais /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
rechargerait /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ |
rechargerions /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rechargeriez /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ |
rechargeraient /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.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 | recharge /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
recharges /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
recharge /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
rechargions /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ |
rechargiez /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒje/ |
rechargent /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
| imperfect2 | rechargeasse /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒas/ |
rechargeasses /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒas/ |
rechargeât /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ |
rechargeassions /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
rechargeassiez /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa.sje/ |
rechargeassent /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | recharge /ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ |
— | rechargeons /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɔ̃/ |
rechargez /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “recharger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.