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il ignorait

didn't know, was unaware, ignored, disregarded

→ ignorer
ignor ignore + ait il/elle imperfect conjugation
verb · 3rd-person singular, imperfect tense Uncommon #14,390
didn't know, was unaware Often means “didn't know,” rather than “ignored.”
FR: Elle ignorait la réponse.
EN: She didn't know the answer.
ignored, disregarded
FR: Il ignorait les conseils de son médecin.
EN: He ignored his doctor's advice.
Conjugation of ignorer
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
First ignorais —
Second ignorais ignoriez
Third ignorait ignoraient

Je savais quelque chose que Tom ignorait.

I knew something that Tom didn't know.

On ignorait combien en donner.

They didn't know how many to give.

— Le monde perdu : Jurassic Park (1997)

Elle m'ignorait et soudain elle demande le divorce.

She was ignoring me, and suddenly she’s asking for a divorce.

— Ghost in the Shell (1995)

Tom ignorait Marie.

Tom ignored Mary.

On ignorait simplement où sa maison était enterrée… jusqu’à maintenant.

We simply didn't know where his house was buried... until now.

— Zootopie 2 (2025)

Tom l'ignorait.

Tom didn't know about it.

Mais elle ignorait où il l'avait cachée.

But she didn't know where he had hidden it.

— Wake Up Dead Man : Une histoire à couteaux tirés (2025)

Il ignorait son nom mais il avait une piste.

He didn't know his name, but he had a lead.

— Mirage (2018)

M. Brown ignorait que j'avais caché l'argent dans le poêle.

Mr. Brown didn't know that I had hidden the money in the stove.

— Titanic (1997)

Elle l'a aidé à nouer sa cravate car il ignorait comment faire.

She helped him tie his tie because he didn’t know how to do it.

Elle ignorait totalement de quoi j'étais en train de parler.

She had absolutely no idea what I was talking about.

Mais il ignorait comment l'aborder, que pouvait-il lui dire ?

But he didn’t know how to approach her—what could he say to her?

— Mirage (2018)

Elle ignorait comment prendre le problème.

She didn't know how to approach the problem.

Tom ignorait qu'il ferait du mal à quelqu'un.

Tom didn't know that he would hurt someone.

Sami avait une vie totalement secrète dont sa femme ignorait l'existence.

Sami had a completely secret life that his wife knew nothing about.

Elle ignorait où Blondie habitait.

She didn't know where Blondie lived.

— Les Anges déchus (1995)

Elle l'ignorait.

She didn't know.

Il ignorait qui il était.

He didn't know who he was.

— Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

Tout le monde ignorait qui l'avait fait.

Nobody knew who had done it.

Tout le monde ignorait qui j'étais.

Everyone was unaware of who I was.

Tout le monde ignorait quoi faire.

Everyone didn't know what to do.

Elle l'aida à nouer sa cravate car il ignorait comment faire.

She helped him tie his tie because he didn’t know how.

Phileas Fogg l'ignorait absolument.

Phileas Fogg had no idea.

On ignorait à qui elle était.

It was unknown whose it was.

— Le Garçon et le Héron (2023)

On l'ignorait.

We didn't know.

Ce n’était pas comme si le directeur ignorait qui nous étions.

It wasn’t as if the director didn’t know who we were.

Ramadhir ignorait que Sardar était le fils de Shahid.

Ramadhir did not know that Sardar was Shahid's son.

— Gangs of Wasseypur : 1ère partie (2012)

Elle ignorait qu'elle en était une.

She didn't know that she was one.

— Blade Runner (1982)

Mais il ignorait qui était la vraie professeur.

But he didn’t know who the real teacher was.

— Mysterious Object at Noon (2000)

Sami ignorait que Farid était gay.

Sami didn't know that Farid was gay.

Il y avait une astuce concernant le calendrier, mais il ignorait laquelle.

There was a trick involving the calendar, but he didn’t know what it was.

Il ignorait peut-être que Markinson s'est suicidé avant-hier.

He might not have known that Markinson committed suicide the day before yesterday.

— Des hommes d'honneur (1992)

Mais il ignorait que, grâce à lui, nous n'avions pas commis de péché.

But he did not know that, thanks to him, we had not sinned.

— Gangs of Wasseypur : 1ère partie (2012)