il reconnaissait

recognized, acknowledged

→ reconnaître
reconnaiss to recognize + ait he/she/it imperfect
verb · third singular · imperfect indicative Rare #45,428
recognized
FR: Il reconnaissait sa voix.
EN: He recognized her voice.
acknowledged
FR: Elle reconnaissait ses erreurs.
EN: She acknowledged her mistakes.
Conjugation of reconnaître
Indicative imperfect
SingularPlural
Third reconnaissait —

Il reconnaissait son image.

He recognized his own image.

— The Salt of the Earth (2014)

Sami a reçu un appel étrange de quelqu'un dont il ne reconnaissait pas la voix.

Sami received a strange call from someone whose voice he didn’t recognize.

Ton chien te reconnaissait plus ?

Your dog didn't recognize you anymore?

— Un prophète (2009)

Parce que le chien, il me reconnaissait pas.

Because the dog didn’t recognize me.

— Un prophète (2009)