renseigner

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ enseigner.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/, /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/
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Verb

renseigner

  1. to advise; to inform
  2. (reflexive) to inquire; to find out
    se renseigner sur quelque chose
    to inquire about something

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).

Conjugation of se renseigner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple se renseigner
compound s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple se renseignant
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɑ̃/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + 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 me renseigne
/mə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 te renseignes
/tə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 se renseigne
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 nous renseignons
/nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃/		 vous renseignez
/vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/		 se renseignent
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/
imperfect me renseignais
/mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/		 te renseignais
/tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/		 se renseignait
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/		 nous renseignions
/nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/		 vous renseigniez
/vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/		 se renseignaient
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛ/
past historic2 me renseignai
/mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe/		 te renseignas
/tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/		 se renseigna
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/		 nous renseignâmes
/nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲam/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲam/		 vous renseignâtes
/vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲat/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲat/		 se renseignèrent
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɛʁ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɛʁ/
future me renseignerai
/mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/		 te renseigneras
/tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/		 se renseignera
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁa/		 nous renseignerons
/nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/		 vous renseignerez
/vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁe/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁe/		 se renseigneront
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional me renseignerais
/mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 te renseignerais
/tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 se renseignerait
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/		 nous renseignerions
/nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁjɔ̃/		 vous renseigneriez
/vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁje/		 se renseigneraient
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲə.ʁɛ/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of s'être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of s'être + past participle
future perfect future of s'être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present me renseigne
/mə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 te renseignes
/tə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 se renseigne
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/		 nous renseignions
/nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲjɔ̃/		 vous renseigniez
/vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲje/		 se renseignent
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ/
imperfect2 me renseignasse
/mə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /mə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/		 te renseignasses
/tə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /tə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/		 se renseignât
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa/		 nous renseignassions
/nu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sjɔ̃/		 vous renseignassiez
/vu ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲa.sje/ or /vu ʁɑ̃.se.ɲa.sje/		 se renseignassent
/sə ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲas/ or /sə ʁɑ̃.se.ɲas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — renseigne-toi
/ʁɑ̃.sɛɲ.twa/		 — renseignons-nous
/ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲɔ̃.nu/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲɔ̃.nu/		 renseignez-vous
/ʁɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe.vu/ or /ʁɑ̃.se.ɲe.vu/		 —
compound — simple imperative of s'être + past participle — simple imperative of s'être + past participle simple imperative of s'être + 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).

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