renseigner
French
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editVerb
editrenseigner
- to advise; to inform
- (reflexive) to inquire; to find out
- se renseigner sur quelque chose
- to inquire about something
Conjugation
editConjugation of renseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | renseigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | renseignant /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renseigné /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
renseignes /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
renseignons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ |
renseignez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
renseignent /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | renseignais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
renseignais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
renseignait /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
renseignions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ |
renseigniez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/ |
renseignaient /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | renseignai /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
renseignas /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
renseigna /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
renseignâmes /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲam/ |
renseignâtes /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲat/ |
renseignèrent /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | renseignerai /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ |
renseigneras /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ |
renseignera /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ |
renseignerons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
renseignerez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ |
renseigneront /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | renseignerais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
renseignerais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
renseignerait /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
renseignerions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renseigneriez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁje/ |
renseigneraient /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.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 | renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
renseignes /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
renseignions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ |
renseigniez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/ |
renseignent /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | renseignasse /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ |
renseignasses /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ |
renseignât /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
renseignassions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
renseignassiez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sje/ |
renseignassent /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
— | renseignons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ |
renseignez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se renseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se renseigner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se renseignant /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renseigné /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me renseigne /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
te renseignes /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
se renseigne /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
nous renseignons /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ |
vous renseignez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
se renseignent /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect | me renseignais /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
te renseignais /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
se renseignait /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
nous renseignions /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ |
vous renseigniez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/ |
se renseignaient /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me renseignai /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
te renseignas /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
se renseigna /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
nous renseignâmes /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲam/ |
vous renseignâtes /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲat/ |
se renseignèrent /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛʁ/ | |
| future | me renseignerai /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ |
te renseigneras /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ |
se renseignera /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ |
nous renseignerons /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous renseignerez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ |
se renseigneront /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me renseignerais /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
te renseignerais /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
se renseignerait /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
nous renseignerions /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous renseigneriez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁje/ |
se renseigneraient /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me renseigne /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
te renseignes /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
se renseigne /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
nous renseignions /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ |
vous renseigniez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/ |
se renseignent /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
| imperfect2 | me renseignasse /mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ |
te renseignasses /tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ |
se renseignât /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
nous renseignassions /nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
vous renseignassiez /vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sje/ |
se renseignassent /sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renseigne-toi /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ.twa/ |
— | renseignons-nous /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃.nu/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃.nu/ |
renseignez-vous /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe.vu/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
editFurther reading
edit- “renseigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.