rajuster

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French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From re- +‎ ajuster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.ʒys.te/
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Verb

rajuster

  1. (transitive) to adjust, readjust, correct
  2. (transitive) to straighten, tidy (clothes)
  3. (pronominal) to straighten one's clothes[1][2]
    Elle réalisa que son peignoir dévoilait sa poitrine et se rajusta.
    (please add an English translation of this usage example)
  4. (dated, pronominal, transitive) to reconcile[2]
    Synonym: réconcilier

Conjugation

Conjugation of rajuster (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rajuster
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rajustant
/ʁa.ʒys.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rajusté
/ʁa.ʒys.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rajuste
/ʁa.ʒyst/ 		rajustes
/ʁa.ʒyst/ 		rajuste
/ʁa.ʒyst/ 		rajustons
/ʁa.ʒys.tɔ̃/ 		rajustez
/ʁa.ʒys.te/ 		rajustent
/ʁa.ʒyst/
imperfect rajustais
/ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/ 		rajustais
/ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/ 		rajustait
/ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/ 		rajustions
/ʁa.ʒys.tjɔ̃/ 		rajustiez
/ʁa.ʒys.tje/ 		rajustaient
/ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/
past historic2 rajustai
/ʁa.ʒys.te/ 		rajustas
/ʁa.ʒys.ta/ 		rajusta
/ʁa.ʒys.ta/ 		rajustâmes
/ʁa.ʒys.tam/ 		rajustâtes
/ʁa.ʒys.tat/ 		rajustèrent
/ʁa.ʒys.tɛʁ/
future rajusterai
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁe/ 		rajusteras
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁa/ 		rajustera
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁa/ 		rajusterons
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		rajusterez
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁe/ 		rajusteront
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rajusterais
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ 		rajusterais
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ 		rajusterait
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/ 		rajusterions
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rajusteriez
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁje/ 		rajusteraient
/ʁa.ʒys.tə.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 rajuste
/ʁa.ʒyst/ 		rajustes
/ʁa.ʒyst/ 		rajuste
/ʁa.ʒyst/ 		rajustions
/ʁa.ʒys.tjɔ̃/ 		rajustiez
/ʁa.ʒys.tje/ 		rajustent
/ʁa.ʒyst/
imperfect2 rajustasse
/ʁa.ʒys.tas/ 		rajustasses
/ʁa.ʒys.tas/ 		rajustât
/ʁa.ʒys.ta/ 		rajustassions
/ʁa.ʒys.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		rajustassiez
/ʁa.ʒys.ta.sje/ 		rajustassent
/ʁa.ʒys.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rajuste
/ʁa.ʒyst/ 		— rajustons
/ʁa.ʒys.tɔ̃/ 		rajustez
/ʁa.ʒys.te/ 		—
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).

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ “rajuster” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “rajuster” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.

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