enseigner

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French enseignier, from Old French enseignier, from Vulgar Latin īnsignāre (also found in Medieval Latin), from Latin signāre. Compare Italian insegnare, Spanish enseñar.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/ ~ /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/
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Verb

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enseigner

  1. (transitive, with recipient as direct object) to teach, to instruct, to educate
    Synonym: instruire
    enseigner des enfants et des adolescentsto teach young children and adolescents
  2. (transitive, with subject matter as direct object, instructee as indirect object with à) to teach
    Synonym: apprendre
    enseigner quelque chose à quelqu’unto teach someone something (literally, to teach something to someone)
    enseigner à quelqu’un à faire quelque choseto teach someone (how) to do something
    enseigner (à quelqu’un) que []to teach (someone) that []
    On lui enseigne le français.We are teaching him/her French.
    Elle a l’intention de leur enseigner à résoudre les équations différentielles.She intends to teach them to solve differential equations.

Conjugation

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See also

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Anagrams

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Old French

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Verb

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enseigner

  1. Alternative form of enseignier

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.