recenser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin recēnsēre.

Pronunciation
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Verb

recenser

  1. to count
  2. to census, to take a census
  3. to identify

Conjugation
Conjugation of recenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple recenser
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple recensant
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle recensé
/ʁə.sɑ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/		 recenses
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/		 recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/		 recensons
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 recensez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.se/		 recensent
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/
imperfect recensais
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛ/		 recensais
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛ/		 recensait
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛ/		 recensions
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 recensiez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sje/		 recensaient
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 recensai
/ʁə.sɑ̃.se/		 recensas
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa/		 recensa
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa/		 recensâmes
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sam/		 recensâtes
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sat/		 recensèrent
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future recenserai
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁe/		 recenseras
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁa/		 recensera
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁa/		 recenserons
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 recenserez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁe/		 recenseront
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional recenserais
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 recenserais
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 recenserait
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 recenserions
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 recenseriez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sə.ʁje/		 recenseraient
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/		 recenses
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/		 recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/		 recensions
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 recensiez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sje/		 recensent
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/
imperfect2 recensasse
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sas/		 recensasses
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sas/		 recensât
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa/		 recensassions
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 recensassiez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sa.sje/		 recensassent
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recense
/ʁə.sɑ̃s/		 — recensons
/ʁə.sɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 recensez
/ʁə.sɑ̃.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).

Descendants
  • → Dutch: recenseren

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