raisonner

French

Etymology

From raison +‎ -er. Compare rationner.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/, /ʁe.zɔ.ne/
  • Audio(file)
  • Homophone: résonner

Verb

raisonner

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to reason

Conjugation
Conjugation of raisonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple raisonner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple raisonnant
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nɑ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle raisonné
/ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present raisonne
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/		 raisonnes
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/		 raisonne
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/		 raisonnons
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɔ̃/		 raisonnez
/ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/		 raisonnent
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/
imperfect raisonnais
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/		 raisonnais
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/		 raisonnait
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/		 raisonnions
/ʁɛ.zɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.njɔ̃/		 raisonniez
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nje/		 raisonnaient
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛ/
past historic2 raisonnai
/ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/		 raisonnas
/ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/		 raisonna
/ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/		 raisonnâmes
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nam/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nam/		 raisonnâtes
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nat/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nat/		 raisonnèrent
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nɛʁ/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɛʁ/
future raisonnerai
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁe/		 raisonneras
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁa/		 raisonnera
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁa/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁa/		 raisonnerons
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/		 raisonnerez
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁe/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁe/		 raisonneront
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɔ̃/
conditional raisonnerais
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/		 raisonnerais
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/		 raisonnerait
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.ʁɛ/		 raisonnerions
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 raisonneriez
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nə.ʁje/		 raisonneraient
/ʁɛ.zɔn.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.zɔn.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 raisonne
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/		 raisonnes
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/		 raisonne
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/		 raisonnions
/ʁɛ.zɔ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.njɔ̃/		 raisonniez
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nje/		 raisonnent
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/
imperfect2 raisonnasse
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/		 raisonnasses
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/		 raisonnât
/ʁɛ.zɔ.na/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na/		 raisonnassions
/ʁɛ.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na.sjɔ̃/		 raisonnassiez
/ʁɛ.zɔ.na.sje/ or /ʁe.zɔ.na.sje/		 raisonnassent
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nas/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — raisonne
/ʁɛ.zɔn/ or /ʁe.zɔn/		 — raisonnons
/ʁɛ.zɔ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁe.zɔ.nɔ̃/		 raisonnez
/ʁɛ.zɔ.ne/ or /ʁe.zɔ.ne/		 —
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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