recueillir
French
Etymology
From Old French recoillir, from Latin recolligere, present active infinitive of recolligō, see re-, cueillir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.kœ.jiʁ/
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Verb
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
Conjugation of recueillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | recueillir | |||||
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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
- rassembler
- ramasser
- gagner
Related terms
- accueillir
- cueillir
Further reading
- “recueillir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.