renfoncer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
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Verb
renfoncer
- to push in etc again
Conjugation
This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.
Conjugation of renfoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | renfoncer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | renfonçant /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renfoncé /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | renfonce /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
renfonces /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
renfonce /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
renfonçons /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
renfoncez /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.se/ |
renfoncent /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect | renfonçais /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renfonçais /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renfonçait /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛ/ |
renfoncions /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
renfonciez /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sje/ |
renfonçaient /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | renfonçai /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.se/ |
renfonças /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa/ |
renfonça /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa/ |
renfonçâmes /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sam/ |
renfonçâtes /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sat/ |
renfoncèrent /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | renfoncerai /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁe/ |
renfonceras /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁa/ |
renfoncera /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁa/ |
renfoncerons /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
renfoncerez /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁe/ |
renfonceront /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | renfoncerais /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renfoncerais /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renfoncerait /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sʁɛ/ |
renfoncerions /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renfonceriez /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
renfonceraient /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.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 | renfonce /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
renfonces /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
renfonce /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
renfoncions /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
renfonciez /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sje/ |
renfoncent /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | renfonçasse /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sas/ |
renfonçasses /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sas/ |
renfonçât /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa/ |
renfonçassions /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
renfonçassiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sa.sje/ |
renfonçassent /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renfonce /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃s/ |
— | renfonçons /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.sɔ̃/ |
renfoncez /ʁɑ̃.fɔ̃.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “renfoncer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.