renforcir

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French

Etymology

From r(e)- +‎ en- +‎ forcir. Compare English reinforce.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.siʁ/
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Verb

renforcir

  1. (transitive, Quebec) to reinforce, strengthen

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 renforcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple renforcir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple renforcissant
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle renforci
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present renforcis
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ 		renforcis
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ 		renforcit
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ 		renforcissons
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɔ̃/ 		renforcissez
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.se/ 		renforcissent
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/
imperfect renforcissais
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ 		renforcissais
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ 		renforcissait
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/ 		renforcissions
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ 		renforcissiez
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ 		renforcissaient
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/
past historic2 renforcis
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ 		renforcis
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ 		renforcit
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ 		renforcîmes
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sim/ 		renforcîtes
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sit/ 		renforcirent
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.siʁ/
future renforcirai
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁe/ 		renforciras
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁa/ 		renforcira
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁa/ 		renforcirons
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ 		renforcirez
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁe/ 		renforciront
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional renforcirais
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ 		renforcirais
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ 		renforcirait
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/ 		renforcirions
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ 		renforciriez
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁje/ 		renforciraient
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.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 renforcisse
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ 		renforcisses
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ 		renforcisse
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ 		renforcissions
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ 		renforcissiez
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ 		renforcissent
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/
imperfect2 renforcisse
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ 		renforcisses
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/ 		renforcît
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ 		renforcissions
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/ 		renforcissiez
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/ 		renforcissent
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — renforcis
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/ 		— renforcissons
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɔ̃/ 		renforcissez
/ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.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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