réjouir
See also: rejouir
French
Etymology
From Old French resjoir, corresponding to ré- + jouir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.ʒwiʁ/
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Verb
réjouir
- to please; to delight
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to rejoice, celebrate
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 réjouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | réjouir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | réjouissant /ʁe.ʒwi.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | réjoui /ʁe.ʒwi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ | réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ | réjouit /ʁe.ʒwi/ | réjouissons /ʁe.ʒwi.sɔ̃/ | réjouissez /ʁe.ʒwi.se/ | réjouissent /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
| imperfect | réjouissais /ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ | réjouissais /ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ | réjouissait /ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ | réjouissions /ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ | réjouissiez /ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ | réjouissaient /ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ | réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ | réjouit /ʁe.ʒwi/ | réjouîmes /ʁe.ʒwim/ | réjouîtes /ʁe.ʒwit/ | réjouirent /ʁe.ʒwiʁ/ | |
| future | réjouirai /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁe/ | réjouiras /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁa/ | réjouira /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁa/ | réjouirons /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/ | réjouirez /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁe/ | réjouiront /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | réjouirais /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ | réjouirais /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ | réjouirait /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ | réjouirions /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁjɔ̃/ | réjouiriez /ʁe.ʒwi.ʁje/ | réjouiraient /ʁe.ʒwi.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 | réjouisse /ʁe.ʒwis/ | réjouisses /ʁe.ʒwis/ | réjouisse /ʁe.ʒwis/ | réjouissions /ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ | réjouissiez /ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ | réjouissent /ʁe.ʒwis/ |
| imperfect2 | réjouisse /ʁe.ʒwis/ | réjouisses /ʁe.ʒwis/ | réjouît /ʁe.ʒwi/ | réjouissions /ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ | réjouissiez /ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ | réjouissent /ʁe.ʒwis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | réjouis /ʁe.ʒwi/ | — | réjouissons /ʁe.ʒwi.sɔ̃/ | réjouissez /ʁe.ʒwi.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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- réjouissant
Further reading
- “réjouir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.