renier

See also: Renier

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Late Latin renegāre, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin negāre, present active infinitive of negō. Compare Italian rinnegare.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -je

Verb

renier

1. (religion) to renounce
2. to disown
3. (reflexive) to take back (what has been said), to renege

Conjugation

Conjugation of renier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	reniant /ʁə.njɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		renié /ʁə.nje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renie /ʁə.ni/	renies /ʁə.ni/	renie /ʁə.ni/	renions /ʁə.njɔ̃/	reniez /ʁə.nje/	renient /ʁə.ni/
	imperfect	reniais /ʁə.njɛ/	reniais /ʁə.njɛ/	reniait /ʁə.njɛ/	reniions /ʁə.ni.jɔ̃/	reniiez /ʁə.ni.je/	reniaient /ʁə.njɛ/
	past historic2	reniai /ʁə.nje/	renias /ʁə.nja/	renia /ʁə.nja/	reniâmes /ʁə.njam/	reniâtes /ʁə.njat/	renièrent /ʁə.njɛʁ/
	future	renierai /ʁə.ni.ʁe/	renieras /ʁə.ni.ʁa/	reniera /ʁə.ni.ʁa/	renierons /ʁə.ni.ʁɔ̃/	renierez /ʁə.ni.ʁe/	renieront /ʁə.ni.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renierais /ʁə.ni.ʁɛ/	renierais /ʁə.ni.ʁɛ/	renierait /ʁə.ni.ʁɛ/	renierions /ʁə.ni.ʁjɔ̃/	renieriez /ʁə.ni.ʁje/	renieraient /ʁə.ni.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	renie /ʁə.ni/	renies /ʁə.ni/	renie /ʁə.ni/	reniions /ʁə.ni.jɔ̃/	reniiez /ʁə.ni.je/	renient /ʁə.ni/
	imperfect2	reniasse /ʁə.njas/	reniasses /ʁə.njas/	reniât /ʁə.nja/	reniassions /ʁə.nja.sjɔ̃/	reniassiez /ʁə.nja.sje/	reniassent /ʁə.njas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renie /ʁə.ni/	—	renions /ʁə.njɔ̃/	reniez /ʁə.nje/	—
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).

See also

• nier
• reniement

Further reading

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