rajuster

French

Alternative forms

• réajuster

Etymology

From re- +‎ ajuster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.ʒys.te/

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Verb

rajuster

1. (transitive) to adjust, readjust, correct
2. (transitive) to straighten, tidy (clothes)
3. (pronominal) to straighten one's clothes

   Elle réalisa que son peignoir dévoilait sa poitrine et se rajusta.

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4. (dated, pronominal, transitive) to reconcile

   Synonym: réconcilier

Conjugation

Conjugation of rajuster (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rajuster
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rajustant /ʁa.ʒys.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rajusté /ʁa.ʒys.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/	rajustes /ʁa.ʒyst/	rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/	rajustons /ʁa.ʒys.tɔ̃/	rajustez /ʁa.ʒys.te/	rajustent /ʁa.ʒyst/
	imperfect	rajustais /ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/	rajustais /ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/	rajustait /ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/	rajustions /ʁa.ʒys.tjɔ̃/	rajustiez /ʁa.ʒys.tje/	rajustaient /ʁa.ʒys.tɛ/
	past historic2	rajustai /ʁa.ʒys.te/	rajustas /ʁa.ʒys.ta/	rajusta /ʁa.ʒys.ta/	rajustâmes /ʁa.ʒys.tam/	rajustâtes /ʁa.ʒys.tat/	rajustèrent /ʁa.ʒys.tɛʁ/
	future	rajusterai /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁe/	rajusteras /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁa/	rajustera /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁa/	rajusterons /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/	rajusterez /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁe/	rajusteront /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rajusterais /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/	rajusterais /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/	rajusterait /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/	rajusterions /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	rajusteriez /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁje/	rajusteraient /ʁa.ʒys.tə.ʁɛ/
(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	rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/	rajustes /ʁa.ʒyst/	rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/	rajustions /ʁa.ʒys.tjɔ̃/	rajustiez /ʁa.ʒys.tje/	rajustent /ʁa.ʒyst/
	imperfect2	rajustasse /ʁa.ʒys.tas/	rajustasses /ʁa.ʒys.tas/	rajustât /ʁa.ʒys.ta/	rajustassions /ʁa.ʒys.ta.sjɔ̃/	rajustassiez /ʁa.ʒys.ta.sje/	rajustassent /ʁa.ʒys.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rajuste /ʁa.ʒyst/	—	rajustons /ʁa.ʒys.tɔ̃/	rajustez /ʁa.ʒys.te/	—
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

• rajustage
• rajustement

 

Further reading

• “rajuster” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie française, 8th Edition (1932–35).
• “rajuster” in the Dictionnaire de l’Académie françoise, 4th Edition (1762).
• “rajuster” in Dictionnaire français en ligne Larousse.
• “rajuster” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
• “rajuster” in Dictionnaire Le Robert.
• “rajuster”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.