rentrer
French
Etymology
From Old French, re- + entrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/
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Verb
rentrer
- (intransitive, followed by dans) to go back, to re-enter
- rentrer dans la salle
- go back in(to) the room/re-enter the room
- (intransitive) to go (back) home, to come (back) home
- À trois heures du matin, je suis rentré chez moi.
- At three in the morning, I went home.
- (intransitive) to get in, to go in, to fit in
- Ses chaussures ne rentrent pas dans son sac.
- Her shoes don't fit in her bag.
- (transitive) to bring in, to get in, to put in
- Rentre ta monnaie dans ta poche.
- Put your change in your pocket.
- (transitive) to score (a goal)
Usage notes
- This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.
Conjugation
Conjugation of rentrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rentrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rentrant /ʁɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rentré /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ | rentres /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ | rentrons /ʁɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | rentrez /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ | rentrent /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect | rentrais /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | rentrais /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | rentrait /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | rentrions /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | rentriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.je/ | rentraient /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rentrai /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ | rentras /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ | rentra /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ | rentrâmes /ʁɑ̃.tʁam/ | rentrâtes /ʁɑ̃.tʁat/ | rentrèrent /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | rentrerai /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | rentreras /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | rentrera /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | rentrerons /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | rentrerez /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | rentreront /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rentrerais /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | rentrerais /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | rentrerait /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | rentrerions /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rentreriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ | rentreraient /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ | rentres /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ | rentrions /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | rentriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.je/ | rentrent /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | rentrasse /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ | rentrasses /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ | rentrât /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ | rentrassions /ʁɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ | rentrassiez /ʁɑ̃.tʁa.sje/ | rentrassent /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ | — | rentrons /ʁɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | rentrez /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir or 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
- c'est le métier qui rentre
- rentrant
- rentré
- rentrée
- rentrer dans le lard
- rentrer dans le rang
- rentrer dans l'ordre
- rentrer dans ses frais
- rentrer en ligne de compte
- rentrer par une oreille et ressortir par l'autre
Related terms
- entrer
- retourner
- revenir
Further reading
- “rentrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French re- (“again”) + entrer (“to enter”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey) (file)
Verb
rentrer
- (Jersey) to go back