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renvoyer
renvoyer
French
Verb
renvoyer
- to resend; to send again
- to send back (to give back to the original sender)
- to give back, throw back, post back, bounce back, swing back etc.
- to put off, postpone (an appointment, a duty)
- to reflect (i.e. of a reflective surface)
- to echo (of sound, to come back)
- to fire, dismiss, expel a student
- to refer (somebody to something)
- to remind (somebody of something)
Conjugation
This verb is is one a few verbs that conjugate like noyer, except in the future and conditional, where they conjugate like voir.
Conjugation of renvoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | renvoyer | avoir renvoyé | |||||
| gerund | en renvoyant | en ayant renvoyé | |||||
| present participle | renvoyant /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | renvoyé /ʁɑ̃.vwa.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 | renvoie /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
renvoies /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
renvoie /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
renvoyons /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
renvoyez /ʁɑ̃.vwa.je/ |
renvoient /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
| imperfect | renvoyais /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ/ |
renvoyais /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ/ |
renvoyait /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ/ |
renvoyions /ʁɑ̃.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
renvoyiez /ʁɑ̃.vwaj.je/ |
renvoyaient /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | renvoyai /ʁɑ̃.vwa.je/ |
renvoyas /ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja/ |
renvoya /ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja/ |
renvoyâmes /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jam/ |
renvoyâtes /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jat/ |
renvoyèrent /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛʁ/ |
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| future | renverrai /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁe/ |
renverras /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁa/ |
renverra /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁa/ |
renverrons /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
renverrez /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁe/ |
renverront /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | renverrais /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɛ/ |
renverrais /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɛ/ |
renverrait /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɛ/ |
renverrions /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renverriez /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁje/ |
renverraient /ʁɑ̃.vɛ.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 | renvoie /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
renvoies /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
renvoie /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
renvoyions /ʁɑ̃.vwaj.jɔ̃/ |
renvoyiez /ʁɑ̃.vwaj.je/ |
renvoient /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
| imperfect1 |
renvoyasse /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jas/ |
renvoyasses /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jas/ |
renvoyât /ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja/ |
renvoyassions /ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
renvoyassiez /ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja.sje/ |
renvoyassent /ʁɑ̃.vwa.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 | – | |
| — | renvoie /ʁɑ̃.vwa/ |
— | renvoyons /ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɔ̃/ |
renvoyez /ʁɑ̃.vwa.je/ |
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