enseigner

Inherited from Middle French enseignier, from Old French enseignier, from Vulgar Latin īnsignāre (also found in Medieval Latin), from Latin signāre. Compare Italian insegnare, Spanish enseñar.

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.sɛ.ɲe/, /ɑ̃.se.ɲe/

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enseigner

1. (transitive, with recipient as direct object) to teach, to instruct, to educate

   Synonym: instruire

   enseigner des enfants et des adolescents ― to teach young children and adolescents

2. (transitive, with subject matter as direct object, instructee as indirect object with à) to teach

   Synonym: apprendre

   enseigner quelque chose à quelqu’un ― to teach someone something (literally, to teach something to someone)

   enseigner à quelqu’un à faire quelque chose ― to teach someone (how) to do something

   enseigner (à quelqu’un) que […] ― to teach (someone) that […]

   On lui enseigne le français. ― We are teaching him/her French.

   Elle a l’intention de leur enseigner à résoudre les équations différentielles. ― She intends to teach them to solve differential equations.

• enseignant, enseignement

• apprendre
• éduquer
• instruire

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

• renseigne, renseigné

enseigner

1. Alternative form of enseignier

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ign, *-igns, *-ignt are modified to ing, inz, int. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.