rajuster
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.ʒys.te/
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Verb
rajuster
- (transitive) to adjust, readjust, correct
- (transitive) to straighten, tidy (clothes)
- (pronominal) to straighten one's clothes[1][2]
- Elle réalisa que son peignoir dévoilait sa poitrine et se rajusta.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (dated, pronominal, transitive) to reconcile[2]
- Synonym: réconcilier
Conjugation
Conjugation of rajuster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rajuster | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rajustant /ʁa.ʒys.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rajusté /ʁa.ʒys.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
rajustes /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
rajustons /ʁa.ʒys.tɔ̃/ |
rajustez /ʁa.ʒys.te/ |
rajustent /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
| imperfect | rajustais /ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/ |
rajustais /ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/ |
rajustait /ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/ |
rajustions /ʁa.ʒys.tjɔ̃/ |
rajustiez /ʁa.ʒys.tje/ |
rajustaient /ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rajustai /ʁa.ʒys.te/ |
rajustas /ʁa.ʒys.ta/ |
rajusta /ʁa.ʒys.ta/ |
rajustâmes /ʁa.ʒys.tam/ |
rajustâtes /ʁa.ʒys.tat/ |
rajustèrent /ʁa.ʒys.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | rajusterai /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁe/ |
rajusteras /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁa/ |
rajustera /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁa/ |
rajusterons /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
rajusterez /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁe/ |
rajusteront /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rajusterais /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ |
rajusterais /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ |
rajusterait /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ |
rajusterions /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rajusteriez /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁje/ |
rajusteraient /ʁa.ʒys.tə.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 | rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
rajustes /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
rajustions /ʁa.ʒys.tjɔ̃/ |
rajustiez /ʁa.ʒys.tje/ |
rajustent /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
| imperfect2 | rajustasse /ʁa.ʒys.tas/ |
rajustasses /ʁa.ʒys.tas/ |
rajustât /ʁa.ʒys.ta/ |
rajustassions /ʁa.ʒys.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
rajustassiez /ʁa.ʒys.ta.sje/ |
rajustassent /ʁa.ʒys.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/ |
— | rajustons /ʁa.ʒys.tɔ̃/ |
rajustez /ʁa.ʒys.te/ |
— | |
| 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
References
- ^ “rajuster” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 “rajuster” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
Further reading
- “rajuster” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
- “rajuster” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
- “rajuster” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
- “rajuster” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “rajuster” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
- “rajuster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.