renforcir
French
Etymology
r(e)- + en- + forcir. Compare English reinforce.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.siʁ/
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Verb
renforcir
- (transitive, Quebec) to reinforce, strengthen
Conjugation
This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.
Conjugation of renforcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | renforcir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | renforcissant /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | renforci /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | renforcit /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | renforcissons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɔ̃/ | renforcissez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.se/ | renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
imperfect | renforcissais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ | renforcissais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ | renforcissait /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ | renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ | renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ | renforcissaient /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | renforcit /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | renforcîmes /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sim/ | renforcîtes /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sit/ | renforcirent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.siʁ/ | |
future | renforcirai /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁe/ | renforciras /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁa/ | renforcira /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁa/ | renforcirons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ | renforcirez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁe/ | renforciront /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | renforcirais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ | renforcirais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ | renforcirait /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ | renforcirions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ | renforciriez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁje/ | renforciraient /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.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 | renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ | renforcisses /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ | renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ | renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ | renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ | renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
imperfect2 | renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ | renforcisses /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ | renforcît /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ | renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ | renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | — | renforcissons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɔ̃/ | renforcissez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.se/ | — | |
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
- “renforcir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.