renseigner

French

Etymology

re- +‎ enseigner

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ ~ /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/, /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/

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Verb

renseigner

1. to advise; to inform
2. (reflexive, se renseigner) to become informed; to find out

Conjugation

Conjugation of renseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renseigner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	renseignant /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		renseigné /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/	renseignes /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/	renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/	renseignons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/	renseignez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/	renseignent /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/
	imperfect	renseignais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/	renseignais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/	renseignait /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/	renseignions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/	renseigniez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/	renseignaient /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/
	past historic2	renseignai /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/	renseignas /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/	renseigna /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/	renseignâmes /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲam/	renseignâtes /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲat/	renseignèrent /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛʁ/
	future	renseignerai /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/	renseigneras /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/	renseignera /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/	renseignerons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/	renseignerez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/	renseigneront /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renseignerais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/	renseignerais /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/	renseignerait /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/	renseignerions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/	renseigneriez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁje/	renseigneraient /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.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	renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/	renseignes /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/	renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/	renseignions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/	renseigniez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/	renseignent /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/
	imperfect2	renseignasse /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/	renseignasses /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/	renseignât /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/	renseignassions /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/	renseignassiez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sje/	renseignassent /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renseigne /ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/	—	renseignons /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/	renseignez /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /ʁɑ̃.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: 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).

Related terms

• renseignement

Further reading

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