recenser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recēnsēre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

recenser

  1. to count
  2. to census, to take a census
  3. to identify

Conjugation

Conjugation of recenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple recenser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple recensant
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle recensé
/ʁə.sɑ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/ 		recenses
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/ 		recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/ 		recensons
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/ 		recensez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.se/ 		recensent
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/
imperfect recensais
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛ/ 		recensais
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛ/ 		recensait
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛ/ 		recensions
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		recensiez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sje/ 		recensaient
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 recensai
/ʁə.sɑ̃.se/ 		recensas
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa/ 		recensa
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa/ 		recensâmes
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sam/ 		recensâtes
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sat/ 		recensèrent
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future recenserai
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁe/ 		recenseras
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁa/ 		recensera
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁa/ 		recenserons
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ 		recenserez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁe/ 		recenseront
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional recenserais
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		recenserais
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		recenserait
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/ 		recenserions
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		recenseriez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ 		recenseraient
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/ 		recenses
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/ 		recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/ 		recensions
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ 		recensiez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sje/ 		recensent
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/
imperfect2 recensasse
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sas/ 		recensasses
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sas/ 		recensât
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa/ 		recensassions
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		recensassiez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa.sje/ 		recensassent
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/ 		— recensons
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/ 		recensez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Descendants

  • → Dutch: recenseren

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