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Reposer
Re-pos′er
(rē̍-pōz′ẽr)
, Noun.
One who reposes.
Definition 2024
reposer
reposer
French
Etymology
From Old French reposer, from Late Latin repausāre, present active infinitive of repausō, from Latin pausō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.po.ze/
Verb
reposer
Conjugation
Conjugation of reposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | reposer | avoir reposé | |||||
| gerund | en reposant | en ayant reposé | |||||
| present participle | reposant /ʁə.po.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | reposé /ʁə.po.ze/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | repose /ʁə.poz/ |
reposes /ʁə.poz/ |
repose /ʁə.poz/ |
reposons /ʁə.po.zɔ̃/ |
reposez /ʁə.po.ze/ |
reposent /ʁə.poz/ |
| imperfect | reposais /ʁə.po.zɛ/ |
reposais /ʁə.po.zɛ/ |
reposait /ʁə.po.zɛ/ |
reposions /ʁə.po.zjɔ̃/ |
reposiez /ʁə.po.zje/ |
reposaient /ʁə.po.zɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | reposai /ʁə.po.ze/ |
reposas /ʁə.po.za/ |
reposa /ʁə.po.za/ |
reposâmes /ʁə.po.zam/ |
reposâtes /ʁə.po.zat/ |
reposèrent /ʁə.po.zɛʁ/ |
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| future | reposerai /ʁə.poz.ʁe/ |
reposeras /ʁə.poz.ʁa/ |
reposera /ʁə.poz.ʁa/ |
reposerons /ʁə.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
reposerez /ʁə.poz.ʁe/ |
reposeront /ʁə.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | reposerais /ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/ |
reposerais /ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/ |
reposerait /ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/ |
reposerions /ʁə.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
reposeriez /ʁə.po.zə.ʁje/ |
reposeraient /ʁə.poz.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 | repose /ʁə.poz/ |
reposes /ʁə.poz/ |
repose /ʁə.poz/ |
reposions /ʁə.po.zjɔ̃/ |
reposiez /ʁə.po.zje/ |
reposent /ʁə.poz/ |
| imperfect1 |
reposasse /ʁə.po.zas/ |
reposasses /ʁə.po.zas/ |
reposât /ʁə.po.za/ |
reposassions /ʁə.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
reposassiez /ʁə.po.za.sje/ |
reposassent /ʁə.po.zas/ |
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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 | – | |
| — | repose /ʁə.poz/ |
— | reposons /ʁə.po.zɔ̃/ |
reposez /ʁə.po.ze/ |
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Derived terms
Old French
Etymology
From Late Latin repausāre, present active infinitive of repausō, from Latin pausō.
Verb
reposer
- to rest (be inactive in order to recuperate)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of reposer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | reposer | avoir reposé | |||||
| gerund | en reposant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | reposant | ||||||
| past participle | reposé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | repos | reposes | repose | reposons | reposez | reposent |
| imperfect | reposoie, reposeie, reposoe, reposeve | reposoies, reposeies, reposoes, reposeves | reposoit, reposeit, reposot, reposeve | reposiiens, reposiens | reposiiez, reposiez | reposoient, reposeient, reposoent, reposevent | |
| preterite | reposai | reposas | reposa | reposames | reposastes | reposerent | |
| future | reposerai | reposeras | reposera | reposerons | reposeroiz, reposereiz, reposerez | reposeront | |
| conditional | reposeroie, reposereie | reposeroies, reposereies | reposeroit, reposereit | reposeriiens, reposeriens | reposeriiez, reposeriez | reposeroient, reposereient | |
| 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 anterior | Use the preterite 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 jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | repos | repos | repost | reposons | reposez | reposent |
| imperfect | reposasse | reposasses | reposast | reposissons, reposissiens | reposissoiz, reposissez, reposissiez | reposassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | repose | — | reposons | reposez | — | ||