inscrire

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin īnscribere, with conjugation partially based on écrire (cf. Middle French escrire).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.kʁiʁ/
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Verb

inscrire

  1. (transitive) to inscribe (engrave)
  2. (transitive) to inscribe; jot down (make notes on paper)
  3. (mathematics, transitive) to inscribe
  4. (transitive) to inscribe, sign up (to a publication, annual pass etc.)
  5. (reflexive) to sign up (for)
    Je m’y suis inscrite
    I've signed up for it
  6. (sports) notch up, chalk up
    il a inscrit deux buts ― he chalked up two goals.

Conjugation

Conjugation of inscrire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple inscrire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple inscrivant
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle inscrit
/ɛ̃s.kʁi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present inscris
/ɛ̃s.kʁi/ 		inscris
/ɛ̃s.kʁi/ 		inscrit
/ɛ̃s.kʁi/ 		inscrivons
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vɔ̃/ 		inscrivez
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ve/ 		inscrivent
/ɛ̃s.kʁiv/
imperfect inscrivais
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/ 		inscrivais
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/ 		inscrivait
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/ 		inscrivions
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vjɔ̃/ 		inscriviez
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vje/ 		inscrivaient
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vɛ/
past historic2 inscrivis
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vi/ 		inscrivis
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vi/ 		inscrivit
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vi/ 		inscrivîmes
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vim/ 		inscrivîtes
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vit/ 		inscrivirent
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.viʁ/
future inscrirai
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁe/ 		inscriras
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁa/ 		inscrira
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁa/ 		inscrirons
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/ 		inscrirez
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁe/ 		inscriront
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional inscrirais
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		inscrirais
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		inscrirait
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁɛ/ 		inscririons
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		inscririez
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ʁje/ 		inscriraient
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.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 inscrive
/ɛ̃s.kʁiv/ 		inscrives
/ɛ̃s.kʁiv/ 		inscrive
/ɛ̃s.kʁiv/ 		inscrivions
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vjɔ̃/ 		inscriviez
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vje/ 		inscrivent
/ɛ̃s.kʁiv/
imperfect2 inscrivisse
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vis/ 		inscrivisses
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vis/ 		inscrivît
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vi/ 		inscrivissions
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vi.sjɔ̃/ 		inscrivissiez
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vi.sje/ 		inscrivissent
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — inscris
/ɛ̃s.kʁi/ 		— inscrivons
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.vɔ̃/ 		inscrivez
/ɛ̃s.kʁi.ve/ 		—
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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