renfoncer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ enfoncer.

Pronunciation

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Verb

renfoncer

1. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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).

Further reading

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