insister

English

Etymology

From insist +‎ -er.

Noun

insister (plural insisters)

  1. One who insists.
    • 1955, Joseph Wood Krutch, The Voice of the Desert:
      one of the most fanatical insisters upon the dogma

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃.sis.te/
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Verb

insister

  1. to insist, emphasize
    Je ne saurais trop insister sur ce point. ― I can’t stress this point enough.

Conjugation

Conjugation of insister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple insister
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple insistant
/ɛ̃.sis.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle insisté
/ɛ̃.sis.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present insiste
/ɛ̃.sist/ 		insistes
/ɛ̃.sist/ 		insiste
/ɛ̃.sist/ 		insistons
/ɛ̃.sis.tɔ̃/ 		insistez
/ɛ̃.sis.te/ 		insistent
/ɛ̃.sist/
imperfect insistais
/ɛ̃.sis.tɛ/ 		insistais
/ɛ̃.sis.tɛ/ 		insistait
/ɛ̃.sis.tɛ/ 		insistions
/ɛ̃.sis.tjɔ̃/ 		insistiez
/ɛ̃.sis.tje/ 		insistaient
/ɛ̃.sis.tɛ/
past historic2 insistai
/ɛ̃.sis.te/ 		insistas
/ɛ̃.sis.ta/ 		insista
/ɛ̃.sis.ta/ 		insistâmes
/ɛ̃.sis.tam/ 		insistâtes
/ɛ̃.sis.tat/ 		insistèrent
/ɛ̃.sis.tɛʁ/
future insisterai
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁe/ 		insisteras
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁa/ 		insistera
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁa/ 		insisterons
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		insisterez
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁe/ 		insisteront
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional insisterais
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		insisterais
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		insisterait
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/ 		insisterions
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		insisteriez
/ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁje/ 		insisteraient
/ɛ̃.sis.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 insiste
/ɛ̃.sist/ 		insistes
/ɛ̃.sist/ 		insiste
/ɛ̃.sist/ 		insistions
/ɛ̃.sis.tjɔ̃/ 		insistiez
/ɛ̃.sis.tje/ 		insistent
/ɛ̃.sist/
imperfect2 insistasse
/ɛ̃.sis.tas/ 		insistasses
/ɛ̃.sis.tas/ 		insistât
/ɛ̃.sis.ta/ 		insistassions
/ɛ̃.sis.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		insistassiez
/ɛ̃.sis.ta.sje/ 		insistassent
/ɛ̃.sis.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — insiste
/ɛ̃.sist/ 		— insistons
/ɛ̃.sis.tɔ̃/ 		insistez
/ɛ̃.sis.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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Romanian: insista

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Interlingua

Verb

insister

  1. to insist

Conjugation

    Conjugation of insister
infinitive insister
participle present perfect
insistente insistite
active simple perfect
present insiste ha insistite
past insisteva habeva insistite
future insistera habera insistite
conditional insisterea haberea insistite
imperative insiste —
passive simple perfect
present es insistite ha essite insistite
past esseva insistite habeva essite insistite
future essera insistite habera essite insistite
conditional esserea insistite haberea essite insistite
imperative sia insistite —

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

insister

  1. imperative of insistere
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