penser

Etymology
, from, from , whence also the doublet , as well as , originally an alternative spelling which acquired a special sense.

Verb

 * 1)  to think, reflect, concentrate one's mind on something
 * 2) * 1845, Alexandre Dumas, La Reine Margot, vol. I, chap. 4:
 * "fr"
 * "fr"

- Je suis incapable de rassembler deux idées ; votre vue m'a ébloui. Je ne pense plus, j'admire.


 * 1) * 1992, David E. Walker, “La pauvreté de la foi”, dans Le Québec sceptique, n° 21 (hiver 1992), p. 32:
 * "fr"
 * "fr"

- Ma tâche vise davantage à leur enseigner comment penser et non que penser. J'espère ainsi que lorsqu'ils auront appris à penser, mes élèves pourront réfléchir par eux-mêmes plutôt que de laisser les autres le faire à leur place.


 * 1)  to think, imagine, believe
 * 2) * 1999, Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements, Éditions Albin Michel S. A., p. 11:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 1999, Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements, Éditions Albin Michel S. A., p. 11:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 1999, Amélie Nothomb, Stupeur et tremblements, Éditions Albin Michel S. A., p. 11:
 * "fr"
 * "fr"

- Je pensai que j'avais été trop aimable ou familière avec Adam Johnson et je rédigeai un texte froid et distant: […].


 * 1)  to be of the opinion that, believe
 * 2) * 1945, Fernand Mitton, La Presse française, vol. 2, chez Guy Le Prat, p. 172:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 1945, Fernand Mitton, La Presse française, vol. 2, chez Guy Le Prat, p. 172:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 1945, Fernand Mitton, La Presse française, vol. 2, chez Guy Le Prat, p. 172:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 1945, Fernand Mitton, La Presse française, vol. 2, chez Guy Le Prat, p. 172:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 1945, Fernand Mitton, La Presse française, vol. 2, chez Guy Le Prat, p. 172:
 * "fr"

- Cette feuille ne craignait pas de dire ce qu'elle pensait, même aux personnages les plus hauts placés.


 * 1)  to be absorbed by a worry or depressing thoughts
 * 2)  to conceive a project
 * 3)  to evoke the image or remembrance of someone in one's mind
 * 4)  to attach one's thinking to someone, especially lovingly
 * 5)  to believe being or doing something
 * 6) * 1817, Marquise Donnissan de Larochejaquelein, Mémoires, L.-G. Michaud, Paris, chap. II, p. 33:
 * "fr"
 * 1)  to believe being or doing something
 * 2) * 1817, Marquise Donnissan de Larochejaquelein, Mémoires, L.-G. Michaud, Paris, chap. II, p. 33:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 1817, Marquise Donnissan de Larochejaquelein, Mémoires, L.-G. Michaud, Paris, chap. II, p. 33:
 * "fr"
 * "fr"

- Le lendemain pensa nous être funeste.


 * 1)  to think well or badly, to have a high or low opinion of someone
 * 2)  to try or prepare to do something
 * 3)  to reflect on something
 * 4)  to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something
 * 5) * 2011, Umberto Eco, Le cimetière de Prague, traduit de l'italien par Jean-Noël Schifano, ed. Grasset, chap. 6:
 * "fr"
 * 1)  to reflect on something
 * 2)  to bear, keep something in mind, to consider something
 * 3) * 2011, Umberto Eco, Le cimetière de Prague, traduit de l'italien par Jean-Noël Schifano, ed. Grasset, chap. 6:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 2011, Umberto Eco, Le cimetière de Prague, traduit de l'italien par Jean-Noël Schifano, ed. Grasset, chap. 6:
 * "fr"
 * 1) * 2011, Umberto Eco, Le cimetière de Prague, traduit de l'italien par Jean-Noël Schifano, ed. Grasset, chap. 6:
 * "fr"
 * "fr"

- Rebaudengo était une fripouille et, si je pense à tout ce que j'ai fait après, j'ai l'impression de n'avoir fait des fripouilleries qu'à des fripouilles.


 * 1)  to intend to do, aim at doing something
 * 2)  to have something in one's mind (c. 1220 in Barlaam et Josaphat, ed. C. Appel, 5623)
 * 3)  to intend to do, aim to do something
 * 4)  to intend to do something bad
 * 5)  to take care of
 * 6)  to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
 * 7)  to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property
 * 1)  to intend to do something bad
 * 2)  to take care of
 * 3)  to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
 * 4)  to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property
 * 1)  to take care of
 * 2)  to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
 * 3)  to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property
 * 1)  to have opinions in accordance with the agreed principles
 * 2)  to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property
 * 1)  to have a certain intellectual tendency, preference or property

Usage notes
Today penser is commonly construed in one of the following ways:
 * "penser que proposition" — "to think (that) clause". (Note: The que is mandatory.)
 * When penser is in the negative or interrogative, the clause after que takes a verb in the subjunctive. If it is in the affirmative, it takes the indicative. In spoken French, the interrogative also tends to be followed by the indicative.
 * "Je pense qu'il est parti." — "I think (that) he's left."
 * "Je ne pense pas qu'il soit parti." — "I don't think (that) he's left."


 * "penser à substantif" — "to think about noun".
 * "Je pense à mon frère." — "I'm thinking about my brother."
 * "Je pense à elle." — "I'm thinking about her." (Not *"Je lui pense.")
 * "penser adverbe [especially bien = well, mal = ill] de substantif" — "to think adverb of noun". (Note: in questions, the adverb is represented by que, not by comment as might be expected.)
 * "Je pense très bien de lui." — "I think very well of him."
 * "Qu'est-ce que tu en penses ?" — "What do you think of it?"
 * "penser infinitif" — "to think one will bare infinitive".
 * "Je pense y aller demain." — "I think I'll go there tomorrow."
 * "penser à infinitif" — "to think about gerund".
 * "Je pense à y aller demain." — "I'm thinking about going there tomorrow."

Etymology
From, from.

Verb

 * 1) to think; to reflect
 * 2) to think have an opinion

Etymology
From, from. Compare also.

Verb

 * 1)  to think

Etymology
Borrowed from. Compare the doublet.

Verb

 * 1) to think

Noun

 * 1) thought