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renaître
renaître
See also: renaitre
French
Alternative forms
Verb
renaître
- (intransitive) to be reborn, to be born again
- (intransitive) to reappear, to resurface
- (figuratively) to rekindle
Conjugation
Conjugation of renaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | renaître | être rené | |||||
| gerund | en renaissant | en étant rené | |||||
| present participle | renaissant /ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | rené /ʁə.ne/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | renais /ʁə.nɛ/ |
renais /ʁə.nɛ/ |
renaît /ʁə.nɛ/ |
renaissons /ʁə.nɛ.sɔ̃/ |
renaissez /ʁə.nɛ.se/ |
renaissent /ʁə.nɛs/ |
| imperfect | renaissais /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ |
renaissais /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ |
renaissait /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ |
renaissions /ʁə.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
renaissiez /ʁə.nɛ.sje/ |
renaissaient /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | renaquis /ʁə.na.ki/ |
renaquis /ʁə.na.ki/ |
renaquit /ʁə.na.ki/ |
renaquîmes /ʁə.na.kim/ |
renaquîtes /ʁə.na.kit/ |
renaquirent /ʁə.na.kiʁ/ |
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| future | renaîtrai /ʁə.nɛ.tʁe/ |
renaîtras /ʁə.nɛ.tʁa/ |
renaîtra /ʁə.nɛ.tʁa/ |
renaîtrons /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
renaîtrez /ʁə.nɛ.tʁe/ |
renaîtront /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | renaîtrais /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
renaîtrais /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
renaîtrait /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
renaîtrions /ʁə.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
renaîtriez /ʁə.nɛ.tʁi.je/ |
renaîtraient /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | renaisse /ʁə.nɛs/ |
renaisses /ʁə.nɛs/ |
renaisse /ʁə.nɛs/ |
renaissions /ʁə.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ |
renaissiez /ʁə.nɛ.sje/ |
renaissent /ʁə.nɛs/ |
| imperfect1 |
renaquisse /ʁə.na.kis/ |
renaquisses /ʁə.na.kis/ |
renaquît /ʁə.na.ki/ |
renaquissions /ʁə.na.ki.sjɔ̃/ |
renaquissiez /ʁə.na.ki.sje/ |
renaquissent /ʁə.na.kis/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of être followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | renais /ʁə.nɛ/ |
— | renaissons /ʁə.nɛ.sɔ̃/ |
renaissez /ʁə.nɛ.se/ |
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