recruter

French

Etymology

From recrue.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.kʁy.te/
  • Audio (France):(file)

Verb

recruter

  1. (transitive) to recruit
    Near-synonym: embaucher

Conjugation

Conjugation of recruter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple recruter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple recrutant
/ʁə.kʁy.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle recruté
/ʁə.kʁy.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present recrute
/ʁə.kʁyt/ 		recrutes
/ʁə.kʁyt/ 		recrute
/ʁə.kʁyt/ 		recrutons
/ʁə.kʁy.tɔ̃/ 		recrutez
/ʁə.kʁy.te/ 		recrutent
/ʁə.kʁyt/
imperfect recrutais
/ʁə.kʁy.tɛ/ 		recrutais
/ʁə.kʁy.tɛ/ 		recrutait
/ʁə.kʁy.tɛ/ 		recrutions
/ʁə.kʁy.tjɔ̃/ 		recrutiez
/ʁə.kʁy.tje/ 		recrutaient
/ʁə.kʁy.tɛ/
past historic2 recrutai
/ʁə.kʁy.te/ 		recrutas
/ʁə.kʁy.ta/ 		recruta
/ʁə.kʁy.ta/ 		recrutâmes
/ʁə.kʁy.tam/ 		recrutâtes
/ʁə.kʁy.tat/ 		recrutèrent
/ʁə.kʁy.tɛʁ/
future recruterai
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁe/ 		recruteras
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁa/ 		recrutera
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁa/ 		recruterons
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁɔ̃/ 		recruterez
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁe/ 		recruteront
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁɔ̃/
conditional recruterais
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁɛ/ 		recruterais
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁɛ/ 		recruterait
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁɛ/ 		recruterions
/ʁə.kʁy.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		recruteriez
/ʁə.kʁy.tə.ʁje/ 		recruteraient
/ʁə.kʁy.tʁɛ/
(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 recrute
/ʁə.kʁyt/ 		recrutes
/ʁə.kʁyt/ 		recrute
/ʁə.kʁyt/ 		recrutions
/ʁə.kʁy.tjɔ̃/ 		recrutiez
/ʁə.kʁy.tje/ 		recrutent
/ʁə.kʁyt/
imperfect2 recrutasse
/ʁə.kʁy.tas/ 		recrutasses
/ʁə.kʁy.tas/ 		recrutât
/ʁə.kʁy.ta/ 		recrutassions
/ʁə.kʁy.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		recrutassiez
/ʁə.kʁy.ta.sje/ 		recrutassent
/ʁə.kʁy.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recrute
/ʁə.kʁyt/ 		— recrutons
/ʁə.kʁy.tɔ̃/ 		recrutez
/ʁə.kʁy.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

  • → Catalan: reclutar
  • → Dutch: rekruteren
  • → Romanian: recruta
  • → Spanish: reclutar

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