recharger

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English

Etymology

From recharge +‎ -er.

Noun

recharger (plural rechargers)

  1. That which recharges, especially a device for recharging an electrical item.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ charger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/
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Verb

recharger

  1. to recharge (add more electricity to)
  2. to reload (e.g. a gun)

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written recharge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a "soft" /ʒ/ and not a "hard" /ɡ/). This spelling change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Conjugation of recharger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple recharger
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rechargeant
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rechargé
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present recharge
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ 		recharges
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ 		recharge
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ 		rechargeons
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		rechargez
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ 		rechargent
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/
imperfect rechargeais
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ 		rechargeais
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ 		rechargeait
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/ 		rechargions
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		rechargiez
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒje/ 		rechargeaient
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛ/
past historic2 rechargeai
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ 		rechargeas
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ 		rechargea
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ 		rechargeâmes
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒam/ 		rechargeâtes
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒat/ 		rechargèrent
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɛʁ/
future rechargerai
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		rechargeras
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		rechargera
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁa/ 		rechargerons
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/ 		rechargerez
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁe/ 		rechargeront
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rechargerais
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		rechargerais
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		rechargerait
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁɛ/ 		rechargerions
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rechargeriez
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.ʁje/ 		rechargeraient
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒə.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 recharge
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ 		recharges
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ 		recharge
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ 		rechargions
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒjɔ̃/ 		rechargiez
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒje/ 		rechargent
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/
imperfect2 rechargeasse
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒas/ 		rechargeasses
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒas/ 		rechargeât
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa/ 		rechargeassions
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ 		rechargeassiez
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒa.sje/ 		rechargeassent
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recharge
/ʁə.ʃaʁʒ/ 		— rechargeons
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒɔ̃/ 		rechargez
/ʁə.ʃaʁ.ʒe/ 		—
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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