The French for contain is the verb renfermer

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French for contain is the regular ER verb renfermer, covered here in all the tenses used in modern French.

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The 6 Simple Tenses of the conjugated verb renfermer - French for contain

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Here you’ll learn the conjugations of renfermer, which is French for contain.

• I contain.
• you contained.
• he will contain.
• we would contain.
• they may contain.

The Verb Conjugation Tables below for renfermer, enable you to practise your French verb drills both by PRONOUN (vertically), and by TENSE (horizontally). Do both many times over.

VERB CONJUGATION TABLE renfermer
Simple Tenses renfermer
TENSE	je/j’	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
Present Présent contain	renferme	renfermes	renferme	renfermons	renfermez	renferment
Past Imperfect Imparfait contained	renfermais	renfermais	renfermait	renfermions	renfermiez	renfermaient
Simple Past Passé Simple contained	renfermai	renfermas	renferma	renfermâmes	renfermâtes	renfermèrent
Future Futur will contain	renfermerai	renfermeras	renfermera	renfermerons	renfermerez	renfermeront
Conditional Conditionnel would contain	renfermerais	renfermerais	renfermerait	renfermerions	renfermeriez	renfermeraient
Subjunctive Subjonctif may contain	renferme	renfermes	renferme	renfermions	renfermiez	renferment
Compound Tenses renfermer
Present Perfect Passé Composé have contained	ai renfermé	as renfermé	a renfermé	avons renfermé	avez renfermé	ont renfermé
Past Perfect Plus-que-Parfait had contained	avais renfermé	avais renfermé	avait renfermé	avions renfermé	aviez renfermé	avaient renfermé
Future Perfect Futur Antérieur will have	aurai renfermé	auras renfermé	aura renfermé	aurons renfermé	aurez renfermé	auront renfermé
Conditional Perfect Conditionnel Passé would have contained	aurais renfermé	aurais renfermé	aurait renfermé	aurions renfermé	auriez renfermé	auraient renfermé
Imperative Imperatif contain!		renferme		renfermons	renfermez

Present Indicative Tense conjugations of renfermer the French for contain
présent de l’indicatif

je renferme
- I contain
tu renfermes
- you contain - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on renferme
- he, she, it, one contains
nous renfermons
- we contain
vous renfermez
- you contain (formal or plural)
ils, elles renferment
- they contain

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Imperfect Indicative Tense conjugations of renfermer, the French for contain
imparfait de l’indicatif

je renfermais
- I contained
- I was containing
tu renfermais
- you contained- (familiar or informal)
- you were containing
il, elle, on renfermait
- he, she, it, one contained
- he, she, it, one was containing
nous renfermions
- we contained
- we were containing
vous renfermiez
- you contained- (formal or plural)
- you were containing
ils, elles renfermaient
- they contained
- they were containing

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Simple Past or Past Definite Tense conjugations of renfermer, the French for contain
passé simple

je renfermai
- I contained
tu renfermas
- you contained- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on renferma
- he, she, it, one contained
nous renfermâmes
- we contained
vous renfermâtes
- you contained- (formal or plural)
ils, elles renfermèrent
they contained
(The passé simple tense is mainly used in literature and books, and is rarely used in spoken French language).

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Future Tense conjugations of renfermer, the French for contain
futur

je renfermerai
- I will contain
tu renfermeras
- you will contain (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on renfermera
- he, she, it, one will contain
nous renfermerons
- we will contain
vous renfermerez
- you will contain (formal or plural)
ils, elles renfermeront
- they will contain

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Conditional Tense conjugations of renfermer, the French for contain
conditionnel

je renfermerais
- I would contain
tu renfermerais
- you would contain (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on renfermerait
- he, she, it, one would contain
nous renfermerions
- we would contain
vous renfermeriez
- you would contain (formal or plural)
ils, elles renfermeraient
- they would contain

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Present Subjunctive Tense conjugations of renfermer, the French for contain
présent de subjonctif

que je renferme
- that I may contain
que tu renfermes
- that you may contain(familiar or informal)
qu’il, qu’elle, qu’on renferme
- that he, she, it, one may contain
que nous renfermions
- that we may contain
que vous renfermiez
- that you may contain(formal or plural)
qu’ils, qu’elles renferment
- that they may contain

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The Four Compound Tenses of the French for verb renfermer - the verb ‘to contain’ in French

Past Participle of renfermer is:
renfermé -contained.

The past participle is combined with the tenses of avoir, to make the compounds. Four are in common use.

• I have contained
• you had contained
• he will have contained
• we would have contained

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Compound Past, Present Perfect or Past Indefinite Tense conjugations of renfermer - French for contain
passé composé

Here’s the French for contain conjugated with all the pronouns in the present perfect tense.
j’ai renfermé
- I have contained or I did contain or
- I contained
tu as renfermé
- you have contained or you did contain - (familiar or informal) or
- you contained
il, elle, on a renfermé
- he, she, it, one has contain or did contain
- he, she, it contained
nous avons renfermé
- we have contained or we did contain
- we contained
vous avez renfermé
- you have contained or you did contain (formal or plural) or
- or we contained
ils, elles ont renfermé
- they have contained or they did contain
- they contained

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Past Perfect Indicative or Pluperfect Tense conjugations of renfermer - contain in French
plus-que-parfait de l’indicatif

Here’s the French for -contain conjugated with all the pronouns in the past perfect tense.
j’avais renfermé
- I had contained
tu avais renfermé
- you had contained- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on avait renfermé
- he, she, it, one had contained
nous avions renfermé
- we had contained
vous aviez renfermé
- you had contained (formal or plural)
ils, elles avaient renfermé
- they had contained

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Future Perfect or Future Anterior Tense conjugations of renfermer, the French for contain
futur antérieur

j’aurai renfermé
- I will have
tu auras renfermé
- you will have - (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aura renfermé
- he, she, it, one will have
nous aurons renfermé
- we will have
vous aurez renfermé
- you will have - (formal or plural)
ils, elles auront renfermé
- they will have

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Conditional Perfect Tense conjugations of renfermer, the French for contain
conditionnel passé

j’aurais renfermé
- I would have contained
tu aurais renfermé
- you would have contained- (familiar or informal)
il, elle, on aurait renfermé
- he, she, it, one would have contained
nous aurions renfermé
- we would have contained
vous auriez renfermé
- you would have contained- (formal or plural)
ils, elles auraient renfermé
- they would have contained

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Imperative Tense conjugations of renfermer, the French for contain
impératif

renferme
- contain!
renfermons
- let’s contain!
renfermez
- contain!

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Present Participle of renfermer

renfermant - containing

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