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repayer
repayer
English
Noun
repayer (plural repayers)
- One who repays.
- 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
- But take my hand. We shall go softly, never fear. I owe you a life; I am a good repayer, Jack, of good or evil.
- 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow
French
Etymology
Verb
repayer
- to pay again
Derived terms
- repayeur
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to both groups, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of repayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | repayer | avoir repayé | |||||
| gerund | en repayant | en ayant repayé | |||||
| present participle | repayant /ʁə.pɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | repayé /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
repayes or repaies /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
repayons /ʁə.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɔ̃/ |
repayez /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ |
repayent or repaient /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
| imperfect | repayais /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ |
repayais /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ |
repayait /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ |
repayions /ʁə.pɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pej.jɔ̃/ |
repayiez /ʁə.pɛj.je/ or /ʁə.pej.je/ |
repayaient /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | repayai /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ |
repayas /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ |
repaya /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ |
repayâmes /ʁə.pɛ.jam/ or /ʁə.pe.jam/ |
repayâtes /ʁə.pɛ.jat/ or /ʁə.pe.jat/ |
repayèrent /ʁə.pɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | repayerai or repaierai /ʁə.pɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ |
repayeras or repaieras /ʁə.pɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ |
repayera or repaiera /ʁə.pɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ |
repayerons or repaierons /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
repayerez or repaierez /ʁə.pɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ |
repayeront or repaieront /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | repayerais or repaierais /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ |
repayerais or repaierais /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ |
repayerait or repaierait /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ |
repayerions or repaierions /ʁə.pɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
repayeriez or repaieriez /ʁə.pɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁje/ |
repayeraient or repaieraient /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
repayes or repaies /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
repayions /ʁə.pɛj.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pej.jɔ̃/ |
repayiez /ʁə.pɛj.je/ or /ʁə.pej.je/ |
repayent or repaient /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
repayasse /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/ |
repayasses /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/ |
repayât /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ |
repayassions /ʁə.pɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
repayassiez /ʁə.pɛ.ja.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.ja.sje/ |
repayassent /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
— | repayons /ʁə.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɔ̃/ |
repayez /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||