rentrer
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French, re- + entrer.
Pronunciation
Verb
rentrer
- (intransitive, followed by dans) to go back, to re-enter
- rentrer dans la salle
- go back in(to) the room/ re-enter the room
- rentrer dans la salle
- (intransitive) to go (back) home, to come (back) home
- À trois heures du matin, je suis rentré chez moi.
- At three in the morning, I went home.
- À trois heures du matin, je suis rentré chez moi.
- (intransitive) to get in, to go in, to fit in
- Ses chaussures ne rentrent pas dans son sac.
- Her shoes don't fit in her bag.
- Ses chaussures ne rentrent pas dans son sac.
- (transitive) to bring in, to get in, to put in
- Rentre ta monnaie dans ta poche.
- Put your change in your pocket.
- Rentre ta monnaie dans ta poche.
- (transitive) to score (a goal)
Usage notes
- This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.
Conjugation
Conjugation of rentrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | rentrer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | rentrant /ʁɑ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rentré /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentres /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentrons /ʁɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
rentrez /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ |
rentrent /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
imperfect | rentrais /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rentrais /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rentrait /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rentrions /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
rentriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.je/ |
rentraient /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | rentrai /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ |
rentras /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ |
rentra /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ |
rentrâmes /ʁɑ̃.tʁam/ |
rentrâtes /ʁɑ̃.tʁat/ |
rentrèrent /ʁɑ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
future | rentrerai /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
rentreras /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
rentrera /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
rentrerons /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
rentrerez /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
rentreront /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | rentrerais /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rentrerais /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rentrerait /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rentrerions /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rentreriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ |
rentreraient /ʁɑ̃.tʁə.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 | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentres /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
rentrions /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
rentriez /ʁɑ̃.tʁi.je/ |
rentrent /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
imperfect2 | rentrasse /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ |
rentrasses /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ |
rentrât /ʁɑ̃.tʁa/ |
rentrassions /ʁɑ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
rentrassiez /ʁɑ̃.tʁa.sje/ |
rentrassent /ʁɑ̃.tʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | rentre /ʁɑ̃tʁ/ |
— | rentrons /ʁɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
rentrez /ʁɑ̃.tʁe/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “rentrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old French re- (“again”) + entrer (“to enter”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Verb
rentrer
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