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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