concentrer

French

Etymology

con- +‎ centrer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/

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Verb

concentrer

1. (reflexive, se concentrer) to concentrate
2. (transitive) to concentrate (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of concentrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	concentrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	concentrant /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		concentré /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	concentres /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	concentrons /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	concentrez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/	concentrent /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/
	imperfect	concentrais /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	concentrais /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	concentrait /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	concentrions /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/	concentriez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.je/	concentraient /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	concentrai /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/	concentras /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/	concentra /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/	concentrâmes /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁam/	concentrâtes /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁat/	concentrèrent /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/
	future	concentrerai /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/	concentreras /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/	concentrera /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/	concentrerons /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	concentrerez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/	concentreront /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	concentrerais /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	concentrerais /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	concentrerait /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	concentrerions /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	concentreriez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/	concentreraient /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.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	concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	concentres /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	concentrions /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/	concentriez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.je/	concentrent /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/
	imperfect2	concentrasse /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/	concentrasses /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/	concentrât /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/	concentrassions /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	concentrassiez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sje/	concentrassent /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	concentre /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	—	concentrons /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	concentrez /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/	—
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).

Conjugation of se concentrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se concentrer
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se concentrant /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		concentré /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me concentre /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	te concentres /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	se concentre /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	nous concentrons /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	vous concentrez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/	se concentrent /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/
	imperfect	me concentrais /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	te concentrais /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	se concentrait /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/	nous concentrions /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/	vous concentriez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.je/	se concentraient /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	me concentrai /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe/	te concentras /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/	se concentra /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/	nous concentrâmes /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁam/	vous concentrâtes /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁat/	se concentrèrent /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/
	future	me concentrerai /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/	te concentreras /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/	se concentrera /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/	nous concentrerons /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	vous concentrerez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/	se concentreront /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me concentrerais /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	te concentrerais /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	se concentrerait /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/	nous concentrerions /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous concentreriez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/	se concentreraient /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me concentre /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	te concentres /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	se concentre /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/	nous concentrions /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/	vous concentriez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁi.je/	se concentrent /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ/
	imperfect2	me concentrasse /mə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/	te concentrasses /tə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/	se concentrât /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa/	nous concentrassions /nu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	vous concentrassiez /vu kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁa.sje/	se concentrassent /sə kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	concentre-toi /kɔ̃.sɑ̃tʁ.twa/	—	concentrons-nous /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁɔ̃.nu/	concentrez-vous /kɔ̃.sɑ̃.tʁe.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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

• concentration

Further reading

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