insister in French dictionary

  • insister

    Meanings and definitions of "insister"

    • Mettre l'accent (sur une opinion ou une idée) de manière continue ou répétée jusqu'à ce qu'une personne ou un groupe de personnes le comprennent.
    • Être emphatique ou décidé en refusant de changer d'opinion.
    • demander avec insistance pour obtenir quelque chose
    • inviter (l’attention sur)

    Synonyms of "insister" in French dictionary

    souligner, maintenir, subsister are the top synonyms of "insister" in the French thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of insister

    • (Verb)    Conjugation of insister (see also Appendix:French verbs)
      simple compound
      infinitive insister avoir insisté
      gerund en insistant en ayant insisté
      present participle insistant
      past participle insisté
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simpletenses present insiste insistes insiste insistons insistez insistent
      imperfect insistais insistais insistait insistions insistiez insistaient
      past historic1 insistai insistas insista insistâmes insistâtes insistèrent
      future insisterai insisteras insistera insisterons insisterez insisteront
      conditional insisterais insisterais insisterait insisterions insisteriez insisteraient
      compoundtenses present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simpletenses present insiste insistes insiste insistions insistiez insistent
      imperfect1 insistasse insistasses insistât insistassions insistassiez insistassent
      compoundtenses past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — insiste — insistons insistez —
      1literary tenses
    • Conjugation of insister
      simple compound
      infinitive insister avoir insisté
      gerund en insistant en ayant insisté
      present participle insistant
      /ɛ̃.sis.tɑ̃/
      past participle insisté
      /ɛ̃.sis.te/
      person singular plural
      first second third first second third
      indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
      simple
      tenses       		present insiste
      /ɛ̃.sist/       		insistes
      /ɛ̃.sist/       		insiste
      /ɛ̃.sist/       		insistons
      /ɛ̃.sis.tɔ̃/       		insistez
      /ɛ̃.sis.te/       		insistent
      /ɛ̃.sist/
      imperfect insistais
      /ɛ̃.sis.tɛ/       		insistais
      /ɛ̃.sis.tɛ/       		insistait
      /ɛ̃.sis.tɛ/       		insistions
      /ɛ̃.sis.tjɔ̃/       		insistiez
      /ɛ̃.sis.tje/       		insistaient
      /ɛ̃.sis.tɛ/
      past historic1 insistai
      /ɛ̃.sis.te/       		insistas
      /ɛ̃.sis.ta/       		insista
      /ɛ̃.sis.ta/       		insistâmes
      /ɛ̃.sis.tam/       		insistâtes
      /ɛ̃.sis.tat/       		insistèrent
      /ɛ̃.sis.tɛʁ/
      future insisterai
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁe/       		insisteras
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁa/       		insistera
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁa/       		insisterons
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/       		insisterez
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁe/       		insisteront
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɔ̃/
      conditional insisterais
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/       		insisterais
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/       		insisterait
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/       		insisterions
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁjɔ̃/       		insisteriez
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁje/       		insisteraient
      /ɛ̃.sis.tə.ʁɛ/
      compound
      tenses       		present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      past anterior1 Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il que nous que vous qu’ils
      simple
      tenses       		present insiste
      /ɛ̃.sist/       		insistes
      /ɛ̃.sist/       		insiste
      /ɛ̃.sist/       		insistions
      /ɛ̃.sis.tjɔ̃/       		insistiez
      /ɛ̃.sis.tje/       		insistent
      /ɛ̃.sist/
      imperfect1 insistasse
      /ɛ̃.sis.tas/       		insistasses
      /ɛ̃.sis.tas/       		insistât
      /ɛ̃.sis.ta/       		insistassions
      /ɛ̃.sis.ta.sjɔ̃/       		insistassiez
      /ɛ̃.sis.ta.sje/       		insistassent
      /ɛ̃.sis.tas/
      compound
      tenses       		past Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      pluperfect1 Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
      imperative – tu – nous vous –
      — insiste
      /ɛ̃.sist/       		— insistons
      /ɛ̃.sis.tɔ̃/       		insistez
      /ɛ̃.sis.te/       		—
      1literary tenses
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