raisonner

French

Etymology

From raison +‎ -er. Compare rationner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/, /ʁe.zɔ.ne/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: résonner

Verb

raisonner

1. (transitive, intransitive) to reason

Conjugation

Conjugation of raisonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	raisonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	raisonnant /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		raisonné /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/	raisonnes /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/	raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/	raisonnons /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɔ̃/	raisonnez /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/	raisonnent /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/
	imperfect	raisonnais /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/	raisonnais /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/	raisonnait /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/	raisonnions /ʁɛ.zɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.njɔ̃/	raisonniez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nje/	raisonnaient /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	raisonnai /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/	raisonnas /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/	raisonna /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/	raisonnâmes /ʁɛ.zɔ.nam/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nam/	raisonnâtes /ʁɛ.zɔ.nat/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nat/	raisonnèrent /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	raisonnerai /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁe/	raisonneras /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁa/	raisonnera /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁa/	raisonnerons /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/	raisonnerez /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁe/	raisonneront /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	raisonnerais /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/	raisonnerais /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/	raisonnerait /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/	raisonnerions /ʁɛ.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	raisonneriez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nə.ʁje/	raisonneraient /ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.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	raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/	raisonnes /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/	raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/	raisonnions /ʁɛ.zɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.njɔ̃/	raisonniez /ʁɛ.zɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nje/	raisonnent /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/
	imperfect2	raisonnasse /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/	raisonnasses /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/	raisonnât /ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/	raisonnassions /ʁɛ.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	raisonnassiez /ʁɛ.zɔ.na.sje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na.sje/	raisonnassent /ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	raisonne /ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/	—	raisonnons /ʁɛ.zɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɔ̃/	raisonnez /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/	—
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).

Derived terms

• catalogue raisonné
• irraisonné
• raisonnable
• raisonnement

Related terms

• arraisonner

Further reading

• “raisonner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.