interagir

French

Etymology

From inter- +‎ agir

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒiʁ/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒiʁ/

Verb

interagir (avec) (transitive)

1. to interact (with)

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of interagir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	interagir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	interagissant /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		interagi /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	interagis /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/	interagis /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/	interagit /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/	interagissons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sɔ̃/	interagissez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.se/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.se/	interagissent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒis/
	imperfect	interagissais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sɛ/	interagissais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sɛ/	interagissait /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sɛ/	interagissions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sjɔ̃/	interagissiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sje/	interagissaient /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sɛ/
	past historic2	interagis /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/	interagis /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/	interagit /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/	interagîmes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒim/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒim/	interagîtes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒit/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒit/	interagirent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒiʁ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒiʁ/
	future	interagirai /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁe/	interagiras /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁa/	interagira /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁa/	interagirons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/	interagirez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁe/	interagiront /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	interagirais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɛ/	interagirais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɛ/	interagirait /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɛ/	interagirions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/	interagiriez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.ʁje/	interagiraient /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.ʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.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	interagisse /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒis/	interagisses /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒis/	interagisse /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒis/	interagissions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sjɔ̃/	interagissiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sje/	interagissent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒis/
	imperfect2	interagisse /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒis/	interagisses /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒis/	interagît /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/	interagissions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sjɔ̃/	interagissiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sje/	interagissent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	interagis /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi/	—	interagissons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.sɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.sɔ̃/	interagissez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁa.ʒi.se/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁa.ʒi.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

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

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Portuguese

Verb

1. (transitive) to interact

Related terms

• interação