réagir
See also: reagir
French
Etymology
From Latin reagō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.a.ʒiʁ/
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Verb
réagir
- to react, respond
- (chemistry) to react
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 réagir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | réagir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | réagissant /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | réagi /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | réagit /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | réagissons /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɔ̃/ | réagissez /ʁe.a.ʒi.se/ | réagissent /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
imperfect | réagissais /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɛ/ | réagissais /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɛ/ | réagissait /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɛ/ | réagissions /ʁe.a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ | réagissiez /ʁe.a.ʒi.sje/ | réagissaient /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | réagit /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | réagîmes /ʁe.a.ʒim/ | réagîtes /ʁe.a.ʒit/ | réagirent /ʁe.a.ʒiʁ/ | |
future | réagirai /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁe/ | réagiras /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁa/ | réagira /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁa/ | réagirons /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ | réagirez /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁe/ | réagiront /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | réagirais /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ | réagirais /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ | réagirait /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁɛ/ | réagirions /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ | réagiriez /ʁe.a.ʒi.ʁje/ | réagiraient /ʁe.a.ʒi.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 | réagisse /ʁe.a.ʒis/ | réagisses /ʁe.a.ʒis/ | réagisse /ʁe.a.ʒis/ | réagissions /ʁe.a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ | réagissiez /ʁe.a.ʒi.sje/ | réagissent /ʁe.a.ʒis/ |
imperfect2 | réagisse /ʁe.a.ʒis/ | réagisses /ʁe.a.ʒis/ | réagît /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | réagissions /ʁe.a.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ | réagissiez /ʁe.a.ʒi.sje/ | réagissent /ʁe.a.ʒis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | réagis /ʁe.a.ʒi/ | — | réagissons /ʁe.a.ʒi.sɔ̃/ | réagissez /ʁe.a.ʒi.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). |
Related terms
- réaction
Further reading
- “réagir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- girera