recueillir
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French recoillir, from Latin recolligere, see re-, cueillir.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
recueillir
- to collect, gather
- to obtain, to win
- to take in (a stray, etc.)
- (reflexive, se recueillir) to collect one's thoughts, to reflect
- (reflexive, se recueillir) to meditate
Conjugation edit
Conjugation of recueillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | recueillir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | recueillant /ʁə.kœ.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | recueilli /ʁə.kœ.ji/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueilles /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueillons /ʁə.kœ.jɔ̃/ |
recueillez /ʁə.kœ.je/ |
recueillent /ʁə.kœj/ |
| imperfect | recueillais /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/ |
recueillais /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/ |
recueillait /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/ |
recueillions /ʁə.kœj.jɔ̃/ |
recueilliez /ʁə.kœj.je/ |
recueillaient /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | recueillis /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
recueillis /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
recueillit /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
recueillîmes /ʁə.kœ.jim/ |
recueillîtes /ʁə.kœ.jit/ |
recueillirent /ʁə.kœ.jiʁ/ | |
| future | recueillirai or recueillerai /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁe/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁe/ |
recueilliras or recueilleras /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁa/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁa/ |
recueillira or recueillera /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁa/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁa/ |
recueillirons or recueillerons /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɔ̃/ |
recueillirez or recueillerez /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁe/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁe/ |
recueilliront or recueilleront /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | recueillirais or recueillerais /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/ |
recueillirais or recueillerais /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/ |
recueillirait or recueillerait /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/ |
recueillirions or recueillerions /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
recueilliriez or recueilleriez /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁje/ or /ʁə.kœ.jə.ʁje/ |
recueilliraient or recueilleraient /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.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 | recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueilles /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
recueillions /ʁə.kœj.jɔ̃/ |
recueilliez /ʁə.kœj.je/ |
recueillent /ʁə.kœj/ |
| imperfect2 | recueillisse /ʁə.kœ.jis/ |
recueillisses /ʁə.kœ.jis/ |
recueillît /ʁə.kœ.ji/ |
recueillissions /ʁə.kœ.ji.sjɔ̃/ |
recueillissiez /ʁə.kœ.ji.sje/ |
recueillissent /ʁə.kœ.jis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | recueille /ʁə.kœj/ |
— | recueillons /ʁə.kœ.jɔ̃/ |
recueillez /ʁə.kœ.je/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Synonyms edit
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “recueillir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.