reconoistre

Old French

Alternative forms

• recunoistre, reconnoistre

Etymology

From Latin recognōscere, present active infinitive of recognōscō.

Verb

reconoistre

1. to recognize
   • c. 1170, Chrétien de Troyes, Érec et Énide:

     Et je reconois et otroi
     Que nus n'i a coupes fors moi

     And I recognize and admit
     That nobody [?] apart from me

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

		simple			compound
infinitive		reconoistre			avoir reconeü
gerund		en reconoissant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		reconoissant
past participle		reconeü
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	reconois	reconois	reconoist	reconoissons	reconoissiez	reconoissent
	imperfect	reconoissoie, reconoisseie	reconoissoies, reconoisseies	reconoissoit, reconoisseit	reconoissiiens, reconoissiens	reconoissiiez, reconoissiez	reconoissoient, reconoisseient
	preterite	reconui	reconeüs	reconut	reconeümes	reconeüstes	reconurent
	future	reconoistrai	reconoistras	reconoistra	reconoistrons	reconoistroiz, reconoistreiz, reconoistrez	reconoistront
	conditional	reconoistroie, reconoistreie	reconoistroies, reconoistreies	reconoistroit, reconoistreit	reconoistriiens, reconoistriens	reconoistriiez, reconoistriez	reconoistroient, reconoistreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	reconoisse	reconoisses	reconoisse	reconoissiens, reconoissons	reconoissiez	reconoissent
	imperfect	reconeüsse	reconeüsses	reconeüst	reconeüssons, reconeüssiens	reconeüssoiz, reconeüssez, reconeüssiez	reconeüssent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	reconois	—	reconoissons	reconoissiez	—

    Conjugation of reconoistre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

Descendants

• French: reconnaître
• Walloon: ricnoxhe