renforcir

French

Etymology

From r(e)- +‎ en- +‎ forcir. Compare English reinforce.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.siʁ/

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Verb

renforcir

1. (transitive, Quebec) to reinforce, strengthen

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Conjugation of renforcir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renforcir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	renforcissant /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		renforci /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/	renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/	renforcit /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/	renforcissons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɔ̃/	renforcissez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.se/	renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/
	imperfect	renforcissais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/	renforcissais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/	renforcissait /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/	renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/	renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/	renforcissaient /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɛ/
	past historic2	renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/	renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/	renforcit /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/	renforcîmes /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sim/	renforcîtes /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sit/	renforcirent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.siʁ/
	future	renforcirai /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁe/	renforciras /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁa/	renforcira /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁa/	renforcirons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/	renforcirez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁe/	renforciront /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renforcirais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/	renforcirais /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/	renforcirait /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁɛ/	renforcirions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/	renforciriez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.ʁje/	renforciraient /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.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	renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/	renforcisses /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/	renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/	renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/	renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/	renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/
	imperfect2	renforcisse /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/	renforcisses /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/	renforcît /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/	renforcissions /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sjɔ̃/	renforcissiez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sje/	renforcissent /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.sis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renforcis /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si/	—	renforcissons /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.sɔ̃/	renforcissez /ʁɑ̃.fɔʁ.si.se/	—
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).

Further reading

• “renforcir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.