recommander

French

Etymology

From re- + commander, or ultimately from Latin re- + commandāre, commendāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/

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Verb

recommander

1. to recommend, to endorse

Conjugation

Conjugation of recommander (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	recommander
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	recommandant /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		recommandé /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/	recommandes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/	recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/	recommandons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/	recommandez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/	recommandent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/
	imperfect	recommandais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/	recommandais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/	recommandait /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/	recommandions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/	recommandiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/	recommandaient /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	recommandai /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/	recommandas /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da/	recommanda /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da/	recommandâmes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dam/	recommandâtes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dat/	recommandèrent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	recommanderai /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/	recommanderas /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/	recommandera /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁa/	recommanderons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	recommanderez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁe/	recommanderont /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	recommanderais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	recommanderais /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	recommanderait /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/	recommanderions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	recommanderiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.də.ʁje/	recommanderaient /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(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	recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/	recommandes /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/	recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/	recommandions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.djɔ̃/	recommandiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dje/	recommandent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/
	imperfect2	recommandasse /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.das/	recommandasses /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.das/	recommandât /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da/	recommandassions /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	recommandassiez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.da.sje/	recommandassent /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	recommande /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃d/	—	recommandons /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.dɔ̃/	recommandez /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.de/	—
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).

Derived terms

• recommandation

Descendants

• → German: rekommandieren

Further reading

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

Middle French

Verb

recommander

1. to have a favorable opinion (of)

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of recommander

infinitive	simple	recommander
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	recommandant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		recommandé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	recommande	recommandes	recommande	recommandons	recommandez	recommandent
	imperfect	recommandois, recommandoys	recommandois, recommandoys	recommandoit, recommandoyt	recommandions, recommandyons	recommandiez, recommandyez	recommandoient, recommandoyent
	past historic	recommanda	recommandas	recommanda	recommandasmes	recommandastes	recommanderent
	future	recommanderai, recommanderay	recommanderas	recommandera	recommanderons	recommanderez	recommanderont
	conditional	recommanderois, recommanderoys	recommanderois, recommanderoys	recommanderoit, recommanderoyt	recommanderions, recommanderyons	recommanderiez, recommanderyez	recommanderoient, recommanderoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	recommande	recommandes	recommande	recommandons	recommandez	recommandent
	imperfect	recommandasse	recommandasses	recommandast	recommandassions	recommandassiez	recommandassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	recommande	—	recommandons	recommandez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: recommander