recueillir

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French recoillir, from Latin recolligere, see re-, cueillir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kœ.jiʁ/

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Verb

recueillir

1. to collect, gather
2. to obtain, to win
3. to take in (a stray, etc.)
4. (reflexive, se recueillir) to collect one's thoughts, to reflect
5. (reflexive, se recueillir) to meditate

Conjugation

Conjugation of recueillir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	recueillir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	recueillant /ʁə.kœ.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		recueilli /ʁə.kœ.ji/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	recueille /ʁə.kœj/	recueilles /ʁə.kœj/	recueille /ʁə.kœj/	recueillons /ʁə.kœ.jɔ̃/	recueillez /ʁə.kœ.je/	recueillent /ʁə.kœj/
	imperfect	recueillais /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/	recueillais /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/	recueillait /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/	recueillions /ʁə.kœj.jɔ̃/	recueilliez /ʁə.kœj.je/	recueillaient /ʁə.kœ.jɛ/
	past historic2	recueillis /ʁə.kœ.ji/	recueillis /ʁə.kœ.ji/	recueillit /ʁə.kœ.ji/	recueillîmes /ʁə.kœ.jim/	recueillîtes /ʁə.kœ.jit/	recueillirent /ʁə.kœ.jiʁ/
	future	recueillirai or recueillerai /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁe/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁe/	recueilliras or recueilleras /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁa/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁa/	recueillira or recueillera /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁa/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁa/	recueillirons or recueillerons /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɔ̃/	recueillirez or recueillerez /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁe/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁe/	recueilliront or recueilleront /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	recueillirais or recueillerais /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/	recueillirais or recueillerais /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/	recueillirait or recueillerait /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.ʁɛ/	recueillirions or recueillerions /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.kœ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/	recueilliriez or recueilleriez /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁje/ or /ʁə.kœ.jə.ʁje/	recueilliraient or recueilleraient /ʁə.kœ.ji.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.kœj.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	recueille /ʁə.kœj/	recueilles /ʁə.kœj/	recueille /ʁə.kœj/	recueillions /ʁə.kœj.jɔ̃/	recueilliez /ʁə.kœj.je/	recueillent /ʁə.kœj/
	imperfect2	recueillisse /ʁə.kœ.jis/	recueillisses /ʁə.kœ.jis/	recueillît /ʁə.kœ.ji/	recueillissions /ʁə.kœ.ji.sjɔ̃/	recueillissiez /ʁə.kœ.ji.sje/	recueillissent /ʁə.kœ.jis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	recueille /ʁə.kœj/	—	recueillons /ʁə.kœ.jɔ̃/	recueillez /ʁə.kœ.je/	—
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).

Synonyms

• rassembler
• ramasser
• gagner

Related terms

• accueillir
• cueillir

Further reading

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