convaincre

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French [Term?], borrowed from Latin convincere, and adapted to the form of vaincre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.vɛ̃kʁ/
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Verb

convaincre

  1. to convince
    Est-ce que vous êtes convaincu qu’il nous a dit que la vérité ?
    Are you convinced that he told us but truth?
    Il pourrait pas convaincre un enfant que le soleil se lève à l’est.
    He couldn't convince a child that the sun rises in the east.

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like vaincre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, except that its usual stem convainqu- becomes convainc- when either there is no ending, or the ending starts with -u- or a written consonant. Additionally, when inverted the third person singular in the present adds the infix -t-: convainc-t-il? These are strictly spelling changes; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

Conjugation of convaincre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple convaincre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple convainquant
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle convaincu
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ky/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present convaincs
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃/		 convaincs
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃/		 convainc
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃/		 convainquons
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɔ̃/		 convainquez
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ke/		 convainquent
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/
imperfect convainquais
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɛ/		 convainquais
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɛ/		 convainquait
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɛ/		 convainquions
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kjɔ̃/		 convainquiez
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kje/		 convainquaient
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɛ/
past historic2 convainquis
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki/		 convainquis
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki/		 convainquit
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki/		 convainquîmes
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kim/		 convainquîtes
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kit/		 convainquirent
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kiʁ/
future convaincrai
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁe/		 convaincras
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁa/		 convaincra
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁa/		 convaincrons
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɔ̃/		 convaincrez
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁe/		 convaincront
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɔ̃/
conditional convaincrais
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɛ/		 convaincrais
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɛ/		 convaincrait
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɛ/		 convaincrions
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁi.jɔ̃/		 convaincriez
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁi.je/		 convaincraient
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kʁɛ/
(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 convainque
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/		 convainques
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/		 convainque
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/		 convainquions
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kjɔ̃/		 convainquiez
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kje/		 convainquent
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃k/
imperfect2 convainquisse
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kis/		 convainquisses
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kis/		 convainquît
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki/		 convainquissions
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki.sjɔ̃/		 convainquissiez
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ki.sje/		 convainquissent
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — convaincs
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃/		 — convainquons
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.kɔ̃/		 convainquez
/kɔ̃.vɛ̃.ke/		 —
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).

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