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Reconnoitre
{
Recˊon-noi′ter
,Recˊon-noi′tre
}(r?kˊ?n-noi′t?r)
, Verb.
T.
1.
To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of; esp., to survey with a view to military or engineering operations.
2.
To recognize.
[Obs.]
Sir H. Walpole.
Definition 2024
reconnoître
reconnoître
See also: reconnoitre
French
Verb
reconnoître
- Obsolete spelling of reconnaître
Conjugation
This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs, that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the ‘i’ is given a circumflex before a ‘t’. This conjugation pattern is no longer in use and has been replaced by -aître.
Conjugation of reconnoître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | reconnoître | avoir reconnu | |||||
| gerund | en reconnoissant | en ayant reconnu | |||||
| present participle | reconnoissant /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | reconnu /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | reconnois /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ/ |
reconnois /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ/ |
reconnoît /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ/ |
reconnoissons /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ |
reconnoissez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.se/ |
reconnoissent /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
| imperfect | reconnoissais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ |
reconnoissais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ |
reconnoissait /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ |
reconnoissions /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
reconnoissiez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sje/ |
reconnoissaient /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | reconnus /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
reconnus /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
reconnut /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
reconnûmes /ʁə.kɔ.nym/ |
reconnûtes /ʁə.kɔ.nyt/ |
reconnurent /ʁə.kɔ.nyʁ/ |
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| future | reconnoîtrai /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ |
reconnoîtras /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ |
reconnoîtra /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁa/ |
reconnoîtrons /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
reconnoîtrez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁe/ |
reconnoîtront /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | reconnoîtrais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
reconnoîtrais /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
reconnoîtrait /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
reconnoîtrions /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
reconnoîtriez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁi.je/ |
reconnoîtraient /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | reconnoisse /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
reconnoisses /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
reconnoisse /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
reconnoissions /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
reconnoissiez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sje/ |
reconnoissent /ʁə.kɔ.nɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
reconnusse /ʁə.kɔ.nys/ |
reconnusses /ʁə.kɔ.nys/ |
reconnût /ʁə.kɔ.ny/ |
reconnussions /ʁə.kɔ.ny.sjɔ̃/ |
reconnussiez /ʁə.kɔ.ny.sje/ |
reconnussent /ʁə.kɔ.nys/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | reconnois /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ/ |
— | reconnoissons /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.sɔ̃/ |
reconnoissez /ʁə.kɔ.nɛ.se/ |
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