rencontrer
French
Etymology
From Old French encontrer prefixed with re-, from Late Latin *incontrare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/
Audio: (file)
Verb
rencontrer
- to meet
- to come across
Conjugation
Conjugation of rencontrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rencontrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rencontrant /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rencontré /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (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/ | |
| past historic2 | rencontrai /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
rencontras /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
rencontra /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁa/ |
rencontrâmes /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁam/ |
rencontrâtes /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁat/ |
rencontrèrent /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| 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/ | |
| 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/ | |
| (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 | rencontre /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontres /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontre /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
rencontrions /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
rencontriez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁi.je/ |
rencontrent /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | 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/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rencontre /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃tʁ/ |
— | rencontrons /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ |
rencontrez /ʁɑ̃.kɔ̃.tʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “rencontrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From Old French re- (“again”) + encontrer (“to meet, encounter”).
Pronunciation
Audio (Jersey): (file)
Verb
rencontrer