renforcir
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Etymology
From r(e)- + en- + forcir. Compare English reinforce.
Pronunciation
Verb
renforcir
- (transitive, Quebec) to reinforce, strengthen
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 renforcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | renforcir | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | renforcissant /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | renforci /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ |
renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ |
renforcit /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ |
renforcissons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
renforcissez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.se/ |
renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
imperfect | renforcissais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ |
renforcissais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ |
renforcissait /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ |
renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ |
renforcissaient /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ |
renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ |
renforcit /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ |
renforcîmes /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sim/ |
renforcîtes /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sit/ |
renforcirent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.siʁ/ | |
future | renforcirai /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁe/ |
renforciras /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁa/ |
renforcira /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁa/ |
renforcirons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ |
renforcirez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁe/ |
renforciront /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | renforcirais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
renforcirais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
renforcirait /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ |
renforcirions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renforciriez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁje/ |
renforciraient /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.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 | renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
renforcisses /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ |
renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
imperfect2 | renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
renforcisses /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ |
renforcît /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ |
renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ |
renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ |
renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ |
— | renforcissons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɔ̃/ |
renforcissez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.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
- “renforcir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.