renier
See also: Renier
French
Etymology
From Late Latin renegāre, from Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō. Compare Italian rinnegare and Spanish renegar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.nje/
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -je
Verb
renier
- (religion) to renounce
- to disown
- (reflexive) to take back (what has been said), to renege
Conjugation
Conjugation of renier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | renier | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | reniant /ʁə.njɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renié /ʁə.nje/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | renie /ʁə.ni/ | renies /ʁə.ni/ | renie /ʁə.ni/ | renions /ʁə.njɔ̃/ | reniez /ʁə.nje/ | renient /ʁə.ni/ |
| imperfect | reniais /ʁə.njɛ/ | reniais /ʁə.njɛ/ | reniait /ʁə.njɛ/ | reniions /ʁə.ni.jɔ̃/ | reniiez /ʁə.ni.je/ | reniaient /ʁə.njɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | reniai /ʁə.nje/ | renias /ʁə.nja/ | renia /ʁə.nja/ | reniâmes /ʁə.njam/ | reniâtes /ʁə.njat/ | renièrent /ʁə.njɛʁ/ | |
| future | renierai /ʁə.ni.ʁe/ | renieras /ʁə.ni.ʁa/ | reniera /ʁə.ni.ʁa/ | renierons /ʁə.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | renierez /ʁə.ni.ʁe/ | renieront /ʁə.ni.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | renierais /ʁə.ni.ʁɛ/ | renierais /ʁə.ni.ʁɛ/ | renierait /ʁə.ni.ʁɛ/ | renierions /ʁə.ni.ʁjɔ̃/ | renieriez /ʁə.ni.ʁje/ | renieraient /ʁə.ni.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 | renie /ʁə.ni/ | renies /ʁə.ni/ | renie /ʁə.ni/ | reniions /ʁə.ni.jɔ̃/ | reniiez /ʁə.ni.je/ | renient /ʁə.ni/ |
| imperfect2 | reniasse /ʁə.njas/ | reniasses /ʁə.njas/ | reniât /ʁə.nja/ | reniassions /ʁə.nja.sjɔ̃/ | reniassiez /ʁə.nja.sje/ | reniassent /ʁə.njas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renie /ʁə.ni/ | — | renions /ʁə.njɔ̃/ | reniez /ʁə.nje/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
See also
- nier
- reniement
Further reading
- “renier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.