rengorger
French
Etymology
From re- + engorger.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/
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Verb
rengorger
- (reflexive, ~ de) to be filled with vanity and conceit
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written rengorge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of rengorger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rengorger | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rengorgeant /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rengorgé /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | rengorge /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ | rengorges /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ | rengorge /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ | rengorgeons /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ | rengorgez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ | rengorgent /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
imperfect | rengorgeais /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ | rengorgeais /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ | rengorgeait /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ | rengorgions /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ | rengorgiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ | rengorgeaient /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rengorgeai /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ | rengorgeas /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ | rengorgea /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ | rengorgeâmes /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒam/ | rengorgeâtes /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒat/ | rengorgèrent /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɛʁ/ | |
future | rengorgerai /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ | rengorgeras /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ | rengorgera /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ | rengorgerons /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | rengorgerez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ | rengorgeront /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rengorgerais /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ | rengorgerais /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ | rengorgerait /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ | rengorgerions /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rengorgeriez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ | rengorgeraient /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒə.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 | rengorge /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ | rengorges /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ | rengorge /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ | rengorgions /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ | rengorgiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒje/ | rengorgent /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ |
imperfect2 | rengorgeasse /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ | rengorgeasses /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ | rengorgeât /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa/ | rengorgeassions /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ | rengorgeassiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒa.sje/ | rengorgeassent /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rengorge /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁʒ/ | — | rengorgeons /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒɔ̃/ | rengorgez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɔʁ.ʒe/ | — | |
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
- “rengorger”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.