Definify.com
Definition 2025
retraire
retraire
French
Verb
retraire
Synonyms
- retirer (Contemporary French)
Conjugation
This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -retray- root: *je retrayis, *que nous retrayissions etc. Forms using the ‘a’ endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -retrais- was used instead of -retray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.
Conjugation of retraire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | retraire | avoir retrait | |||||
| gerund | en retrayant | en ayant retrait | |||||
| present participle | retrayant /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɑ̃/ |
||||||
| past participle | retrait /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | retrais /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
retrais /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
retrait /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
retrayons /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɔ̃/ |
retrayez /ʁə.tʁɛ.je/ |
retraient /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
| imperfect | retrayais /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛ/ |
retrayais /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛ/ |
retrayait /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛ/ |
retrayions /ʁə.tʁɛj.jɔ̃/ |
retrayiez /ʁə.tʁɛj.je/ |
retrayaient /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛ/ |
|
| past historic1 | retrayai /ʁə.tʁɛ.je/ |
retrayas /ʁə.tʁɛ.ja/ |
retraya /ʁə.tʁɛ.ja/ |
retrayâmes /ʁə.tʁɛ.jam/ |
retrayâtes /ʁə.tʁɛ.jat/ |
retrayèrent /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛʁ/ |
|
| future | retrairai /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁe/ |
retrairas /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁa/ |
retraira /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁa/ |
retrairons /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
retrairez /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁe/ |
retrairont /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
|
| conditional | retrairais /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
retrairais /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
retrairait /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
retrairions /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
retrairiez /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁje/ |
retrairaient /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ |
|
| 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 | retraie /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
retraies /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
retraie /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
retrayions /ʁə.tʁɛj.jɔ̃/ |
retrayiez /ʁə.tʁɛj.je/ |
retraient /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
| imperfect1 |
retrayasse /ʁə.tʁɛ.jas/ |
retrayasses /ʁə.tʁɛ.jas/ |
retrayât /ʁə.tʁɛ.ja/ |
retrayassions /ʁə.tʁɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
retrayassiez /ʁə.tʁɛ.ja.sje/ |
retrayassent /ʁə.tʁɛ.jas/ |
|
| 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 | – | |
| — | retrais /ʁə.tʁɛ/ |
— | retrayons /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɔ̃/ |
retrayez /ʁə.tʁɛ.je/ |
— | ||
| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Anagrams
Old French
Alternative forms
- retreire
Etymology
Verb
retraire
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of retraire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | retraire | avoir retrait | |||||
| gerund | en retraiant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | retraiant | ||||||
| past participle | retrait | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | retrai | retrais | retrait | retraions | retraiiez, retraites | retraient |
| imperfect | retraioie, retraieie | retraioies, retraieies | retraioit, retraieit | retraiiiens, retraiiens | retraiiiez, retraiiez | retraioient, retraieient | |
| preterite | retrais | retraisis | retraist | retraisimes | retraisistes | retraistrent | |
| future | retrairai | retrairas | retraira | retrairons | retrairoiz, retraireiz, retrairez | retrairont | |
| conditional | retrairoie, retraireie | retrairoies, retraireies | retrairoit, retraireit | retrairiiens, retrairiens | retrairiiez, retrairiez | retrairoient, retraireient | |
| 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 | retraie | retraies | retraie | retraiiens, retraions | retraiiez | retraient |
| imperfect | retraisisse | retraisisses | retraisist | retraisissons, retraisissiens | retraisissoiz, retraisissez, retraisissiez | retraisissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | retrai | — | retraions | retraiiez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: retraire