concentrer
French
Etymology
con- + centrer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/
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Verb
concentrer
- (reflexive, se concentrer) to concentrate
- (transitive) to concentrate (something)
Conjugation
Conjugation of concentrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | concentrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | concentrant /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | concentré /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | concentres /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | concentrons /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | concentrez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/ | concentrent /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect | concentrais /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | concentrais /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | concentrait /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | concentrions /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | concentriez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.je/ | concentraient /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | concentrai /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/ | concentras /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/ | concentra /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/ | concentrâmes /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁam/ | concentrâtes /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁat/ | concentrèrent /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | concentrerai /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | concentreras /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | concentrera /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | concentrerons /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | concentrerez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | concentreront /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | concentrerais /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | concentrerais /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | concentrerait /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | concentrerions /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | concentreriez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ | concentreraient /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.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 | concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | concentres /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | concentrions /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | concentriez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.je/ | concentrent /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | concentrasse /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/ | concentrasses /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/ | concentrât /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/ | concentrassions /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ | concentrassiez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sje/ | concentrassent /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | — | concentrons /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | concentrez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/ | — | |
| 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 concentrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se concentrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se concentrant /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | concentré /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me concentre /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | te concentres /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | se concentre /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | nous concentrons /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | vous concentrez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/ | se concentrent /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect | me concentrais /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | te concentrais /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | se concentrait /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | nous concentrions /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | vous concentriez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.je/ | se concentraient /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me concentrai /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/ | te concentras /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/ | se concentra /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/ | nous concentrâmes /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁam/ | vous concentrâtes /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁat/ | se concentrèrent /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | me concentrerai /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | te concentreras /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | se concentrera /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | nous concentrerons /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | vous concentrerez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | se concentreront /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me concentrerais /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | te concentrerais /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | se concentrerait /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | nous concentrerions /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous concentreriez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ | se concentreraient /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.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 concentre /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | te concentres /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | se concentre /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ | nous concentrions /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | vous concentriez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.je/ | se concentrent /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | me concentrasse /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/ | te concentrasses /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/ | se concentrât /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/ | nous concentrassions /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ | vous concentrassiez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sje/ | se concentrassent /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | concentre-toi /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ.twa/ | — | concentrons-nous /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃.nu/ | concentrez-vous /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- concentration
Further reading
- “concentrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.