racompter

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French reconter, the mp being added back to reflect Latin computō.

Verb

racompter

1. to tell; to recount

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of racompter

infinitive	simple	racompter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	racomptant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		racompté
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	racompte	racomptes	racompte	racomptons	racomptez	racomptent
	imperfect	racomptois, racomptoys	racomptois, racomptoys	racomptoit, racomptoyt	racomptions, racomptyons	racomptiez, racomptyez	racomptoient, racomptoyent
	past historic	racompta	racomptas	racompta	racomptasmes	racomptastes	racompterent
	future	racompterai, racompteray	racompteras	racomptera	racompterons	racompterez	racompteront
	conditional	racompterois, racompteroys	racompterois, racompteroys	racompteroit, racompteroyt	racompterions, racompteryons	racompteriez, racompteryez	racompteroient, racompteroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	racompte	racomptes	racompte	racomptons	racomptez	racomptent
	imperfect	racomptasse	racomptasses	racomptast	racomptassions	racomptassiez	racomptassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	racompte	—	racomptons	racomptez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: raconter