connoître

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French

Etymology

From Latin cognōscō. Compare with modern French connaître and connaitre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.nwatʁ/
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Verb

connoître

  1. Archaic spelling of connaître.
    L’homme qui veut connoître toutes choses ne se connoît pas lui-même. (Œuvres mêlées de Saint-Évremond, Paris 1865)

Conjugation

This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'. This conjugation pattern is no longer in use and has been replaced by -aître.

Conjugation of connoître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple connoître
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple connoissant
/kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle connu
/kɔ.ny/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present connois
/kɔ.nɛ/ 		connois
/kɔ.nɛ/ 		connoit
/kɔ.nɛ/ 		connoissons
/kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sɔ̃/ 		connoissez
/kɔ.nɛ.se/ or /kɔ.ne.se/ 		connoissent
/kɔ.nɛs/
imperfect connoissais
/kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.sɛ/ 		connoissais
/kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.sɛ/ 		connoissait
/kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.sɛ/ 		connoissions
/kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ 		connoissiez
/kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /kɔ.ne.sje/ 		connoissaient
/kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.sɛ/
past historic2 connus
/kɔ.ny/ 		connus
/kɔ.ny/ 		connut
/kɔ.ny/ 		connûmes
/kɔ.nym/ 		connûtes
/kɔ.nyt/ 		connurent
/kɔ.nyʁ/
future connoîtrai
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁe/ 		connoîtras
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁa/ 		connoîtra
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁa/ 		connoîtrons
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/ 		connoîtrez
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁe/ 		connoîtront
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɔ̃/
conditional connoîtrais
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ 		connoîtrais
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ 		connoîtrait
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/ 		connoîtrions
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		connoîtriez
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁi.je/ 		connoîtraient
/kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.ne.tʁɛ/
(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 connoisse
/kɔ.nɛs/ 		connoisses
/kɔ.nɛs/ 		connoisse
/kɔ.nɛs/ 		connoissions
/kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sjɔ̃/ 		connoissiez
/kɔ.nɛ.sje/ or /kɔ.ne.sje/ 		connoissent
/kɔ.nɛs/
imperfect2 connusse
/kɔ.nys/ 		connusses
/kɔ.nys/ 		connût
/kɔ.ny/ 		connussions
/kɔ.ny.sjɔ̃/ 		connussiez
/kɔ.ny.sje/ 		connussent
/kɔ.nys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — connois
/kɔ.nɛ/ 		— connoissons
/kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ.ne.sɔ̃/ 		connoissez
/kɔ.nɛ.se/ or /kɔ.ne.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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