enseigner
French
Etymology
From Old French enseignier, from Lua error in Module:parameters at line 239: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Medieval Latin" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., present active infinitive of insignō, from Latin signō. Compare Italian insegnare.
Pronunciation
Verb
enseigner
- to teach
Conjugation
Conjugation of enseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | enseigner | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | enseignant /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | enseigné /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseignes /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseignons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ |
enseignez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
enseignent /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
imperfect | enseignais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
enseignais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
enseignait /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ |
enseignions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ |
enseigniez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲje/ |
enseignaient /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/ | |
past historic2 | enseignai /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
enseignas /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
enseigna /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
enseignâmes /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲam/ |
enseignâtes /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲat/ |
enseignèrent /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɛʁ/ | |
future | enseignerai /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ |
enseigneras /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ |
enseignera /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/ |
enseignerons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ |
enseignerez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/ |
enseigneront /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | enseignerais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
enseignerais /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
enseignerait /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/ |
enseignerions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
enseigneriez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁje/ |
enseigneraient /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲə.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 | enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseignes /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
enseignions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/ |
enseigniez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲje/ |
enseignent /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
imperfect2 | enseignasse /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲas/ |
enseignasses /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲas/ |
enseignât /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa/ |
enseignassions /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ |
enseignassiez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲa.sje/ |
enseignassent /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | enseigne /ɑ̃.sɛɲ/ |
— | enseignons /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/ |
enseignez /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/ |
— | |
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). |
Anagrams
Related terms
Further reading
- “enseigner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Verb
enseigner
- Alternative form of enseignier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of enseigner (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | enseigner | avoir enseigné | |||||
gerund | en enseignant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | enseignant | ||||||
past participle | enseigné | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | enseing | enseignes | enseigne | enseignons | enseignez | enseignent |
imperfect | enseignoie, enseigneie, enseignoe, enseigneve | enseignoies, enseigneies, enseignoes, enseigneves | enseignoit, enseigneit, enseignot, enseigneve | enseigniiens, enseigniens | enseigniiez, enseigniez | enseignoient, enseigneient, enseignoent, enseignevent | |
preterite | enseignai | enseignas | enseigna | enseignames | enseignastes | enseignerent | |
future | enseignerai | enseigneras | enseignera | enseignerons | enseigneroiz, enseignereiz, enseignerez | enseigneront | |
conditional | enseigneroie, enseignereie | enseigneroies, enseignereies | enseigneroit, enseignereit | enseigneriiens, enseigneriens | enseigneriiez, enseigneriez | enseigneroient, enseignereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | enseing | enseinz | enseint | enseignons | enseignez | enseignent |
imperfect | enseignasse | enseignasses | enseignast | enseignissons, enseignissiens | enseignissoiz, enseignissez, enseignissiez | enseignassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | enseigne | — | enseignons | enseignez | — |
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