renoncer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French renoncer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/

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Verb

renoncer

1. to resign, to quit
2. to renounce, to waive (legal; right)

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of renoncer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renoncer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	renonçant /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		renoncé /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/	renonces /ʁə.nɔ̃s/	renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/	renonçons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/	renoncez /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/	renoncent /ʁə.nɔ̃s/
	imperfect	renonçais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/	renonçais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/	renonçait /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/	renoncions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	renonciez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sje/	renonçaient /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	renonçai /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/	renonças /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/	renonça /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/	renonçâmes /ʁə.nɔ̃.sam/	renonçâtes /ʁə.nɔ̃.sat/	renoncèrent /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	renoncerai /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁe/	renonceras /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁa/	renoncera /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁa/	renoncerons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/	renoncerez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁe/	renonceront /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renoncerais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	renoncerais /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	renoncerait /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/	renoncerions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	renonceriez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sə.ʁje/	renonceraient /ʁə.nɔ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/	renonces /ʁə.nɔ̃s/	renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/	renoncions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sjɔ̃/	renonciez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sje/	renoncent /ʁə.nɔ̃s/
	imperfect2	renonçasse /ʁə.nɔ̃.sas/	renonçasses /ʁə.nɔ̃.sas/	renonçât /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa/	renonçassions /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	renonçassiez /ʁə.nɔ̃.sa.sje/	renonçassent /ʁə.nɔ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renonce /ʁə.nɔ̃s/	—	renonçons /ʁə.nɔ̃.sɔ̃/	renoncez /ʁə.nɔ̃.se/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• encorner

Middle French

Etymology

From Latin renuntiō.

Verb

renoncer

1. to renounce

Descendants

• French: renoncer