To reject in French 🇫🇷

rejeter info.

To remember the French word ‘rejeter,’ consider that it starts with ‘re-‘ as does ‘reject,’ and the ‘jeter’ part sounds like ‘jet,’ which is also English for throwing something with force, in essence, ‘throwing away’ or ‘rejecting’ something.

‘Rejeter’ is indeed the infinitive form of the verb, which means “to reject” or “to throw back.” Other words that mean the same thing include ‘refuser’ (to refuse), ‘écarter’ (to discard), ‘repousser’ (to push back), and ‘décliner’ (to decline).

Conjugations for ‘rejeter’:
– Present tense:
– je rejette (I reject)
– tu rejettes (you reject)
– il/elle rejette (he/she rejects)
– nous rejetons (we reject)
– vous rejetez (you reject)
– ils/elles rejettent (they reject)

– Past tense (Passé Composé):
– j’ai rejeté (I rejected)
– Imperfect:
– je rejetais (I was rejecting)

– Future tense:
– je rejetterai (I will reject)

Examples in sentences:
– Present: Je rejette l’idée que nous ayons terminé. (I reject the idea that we are finished.)
– Past (Passé Composé): Ils ont rejeté toutes mes suggestions. (They rejected all my suggestions.)
– Imperfect: Elle rejetait souvent ses camarades. (She often rejected her peers.)
– Future: Nous rejetterons les propositions inadéquates. (We will reject the inadequate proposals.)

‘Rejeter’ can also have other meanings depending on the context, such as “to throw up” (vomit) or “to cast off” (in terms of light or shadows).

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