ratiociner
French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin ratiōcinor.
Pronunciation
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Verb
ratiociner
- to deftly reason
Conjugation
Conjugation of ratiociner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ratiociner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | ratiocinant /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | ratiociné /ʁa.tjɔ.si.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | ratiocine /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
ratiocines /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
ratiocine /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
ratiocinons /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nɔ̃/ |
ratiocinez /ʁa.tjɔ.si.ne/ |
ratiocinent /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
| imperfect | ratiocinais /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nɛ/ |
ratiocinais /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nɛ/ |
ratiocinait /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nɛ/ |
ratiocinions /ʁa.tjɔ.si.njɔ̃/ |
ratiociniez /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nje/ |
ratiocinaient /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | ratiocinai /ʁa.tjɔ.si.ne/ |
ratiocinas /ʁa.tjɔ.si.na/ |
ratiocina /ʁa.tjɔ.si.na/ |
ratiocinâmes /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nam/ |
ratiocinâtes /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nat/ |
ratiocinèrent /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | ratiocinerai /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁe/ |
ratiocineras /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁa/ |
ratiocinera /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁa/ |
ratiocinerons /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁɔ̃/ |
ratiocinerez /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁe/ |
ratiocineront /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | ratiocinerais /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁɛ/ |
ratiocinerais /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁɛ/ |
ratiocinerait /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.ʁɛ/ |
ratiocinerions /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
ratiocineriez /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nə.ʁje/ |
ratiocineraient /ʁa.tjɔ.sin.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 | ratiocine /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
ratiocines /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
ratiocine /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
ratiocinions /ʁa.tjɔ.si.njɔ̃/ |
ratiociniez /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nje/ |
ratiocinent /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
| imperfect2 | ratiocinasse /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nas/ |
ratiocinasses /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nas/ |
ratiocinât /ʁa.tjɔ.si.na/ |
ratiocinassions /ʁa.tjɔ.si.na.sjɔ̃/ |
ratiocinassiez /ʁa.tjɔ.si.na.sje/ |
ratiocinassent /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | ratiocine /ʁa.tjɔ.sin/ |
— | ratiocinons /ʁa.tjɔ.si.nɔ̃/ |
ratiocinez /ʁa.tjɔ.si.ne/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “ratiociner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
ratiōciner
- first-person singular present active subjunctive of ratiōcinor