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rencontrer
rencontrer
French
Verb
rencontrer
- to meet
- to come across
Conjugation
Conjugation of rencontrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | rencontrer | avoir rencontré | |||||
| gerund | en rencontrant | en ayant rencontré | |||||
| present participle | rencontrant /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rencontré /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | rencontre /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontres /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontre /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontrons /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
rencontrez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
rencontrent /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect | rencontrais /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rencontrais /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rencontrait /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
rencontrions /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
rencontriez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁi.je/ |
rencontraient /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | rencontrai /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
rencontras /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
rencontra /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
rencontrâmes /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁam/ |
rencontrâtes /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁat/ |
rencontrèrent /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɛʁ/ |
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| future | rencontrerai /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
rencontreras /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
rencontrera /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ |
rencontrerons /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
rencontrerez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ |
rencontreront /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | rencontrerais /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rencontrerais /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rencontrerait /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
rencontrerions /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rencontreriez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ |
rencontreraient /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ |
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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 | rencontre /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontres /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontre /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontrions /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
rencontriez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁi.je/ |
rencontrent /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect1 |
rencontrasse /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁas/ |
rencontrasses /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁas/ |
rencontrât /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
rencontrassions /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
rencontrassiez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa.sje/ |
rencontrassent /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | rencontre /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
— | rencontrons /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
rencontrez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Related terms
Norman
Etymology
From Old French re- (“again”) + encontrer (“to meet, encounter”).
Pronunciation
Verb
rencontrer