insister

English

Etymology

insist +‎ -er

Noun

insister (plural insisters)

1. One who insists.

   one of the most fanatical insisters upon the dogma — Joseph Wood Krutch

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

insister

1. To insist

Conjugation

   Conjugation of insister (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		insister			avoir insisté
gerund		en insistant			en ayant insisté
present participle		insistant
past participle		insisté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	insiste	insistes	insiste	insistons	insistez	insistent
	imperfect	insistais	insistais	insistait	insistions	insistiez	insistaient
	past historic1	insistai	insistas	insista	insistâmes	insistâtes	insistèrent
	future	insisterai	insisteras	insistera	insisterons	insisterez	insisteront
	conditional	insisterais	insisterais	insisterait	insisterions	insisteriez	insisteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	insiste	insistes	insiste	insistions	insistiez	insistent
	imperfect1	insistasse	insistasses	insistât	insistassions	insistassiez	insistassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	insiste	—	insistons	insistez	—
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