réjouir

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French

Etymology

From Old French resjoir, corresponding to ré- +‎ jouir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.ʒwiʁ/
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Verb

réjouir

  1. to please; to delight
  2. (pronominal) to rejoice, celebrate

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of réjouir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple réjouir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple réjouissant
/ʁe.ʒwi.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle réjoui
/ʁe.ʒwi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present réjouis
/ʁe.ʒwi/ 		réjouis
/ʁe.ʒwi/ 		réjouit
/ʁe.ʒwi/ 		réjouissons
/ʁe.ʒwi.sɔ̃/ 		réjouissez
/ʁe.ʒwi.se/ 		réjouissent
/ʁe.ʒwis/
imperfect réjouissais
/ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ 		réjouissais
/ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ 		réjouissait
/ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/ 		réjouissions
/ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ 		réjouissiez
/ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ 		réjouissaient
/ʁe.ʒwi.sɛ/
past historic2 réjouis
/ʁe.ʒwi/ 		réjouis
/ʁe.ʒwi/ 		réjouit
/ʁe.ʒwi/ 		réjouîmes
/ʁe.ʒwim/ 		réjouîtes
/ʁe.ʒwit/ 		réjouirent
/ʁe.ʒwiʁ/
future réjouirai
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁe/ 		réjouiras
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁa/ 		réjouira
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁa/ 		réjouirons
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/ 		réjouirez
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁe/ 		réjouiront
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional réjouirais
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ 		réjouirais
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ 		réjouirait
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁɛ/ 		réjouirions
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		réjouiriez
/ʁe.ʒwi.ʁje/ 		réjouiraient
/ʁe.ʒwi.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 réjouisse
/ʁe.ʒwis/ 		réjouisses
/ʁe.ʒwis/ 		réjouisse
/ʁe.ʒwis/ 		réjouissions
/ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ 		réjouissiez
/ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ 		réjouissent
/ʁe.ʒwis/
imperfect2 réjouisse
/ʁe.ʒwis/ 		réjouisses
/ʁe.ʒwis/ 		réjouît
/ʁe.ʒwi/ 		réjouissions
/ʁe.ʒwi.sjɔ̃/ 		réjouissiez
/ʁe.ʒwi.sje/ 		réjouissent
/ʁe.ʒwis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — réjouis
/ʁe.ʒwi/ 		— réjouissons
/ʁe.ʒwi.sɔ̃/ 		réjouissez
/ʁe.ʒwi.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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