repaître

See also: repaitre

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ paître.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɛtʁ/
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Verb

repaître

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to feed
  2. (transitive, obsolete, figurative) to glut, to sate
    • 1640, Pierre Corneille, “Act 4, Scene 7”, in Horace:
      Viens repaître tes yeux d'un spectacle si doux
      Come feast your eyes on this touching scene
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) to eat

Conjugation

This verb is not conjugated in certain tenses.

Conjugation of repaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple repaître
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple repaissant
/ʁə.pɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle repu
/ʁə.py/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present repais
/ʁə.pɛ/		 repais
/ʁə.pɛ/		 repaît
/ʁə.pɛ/		 repaissons
/ʁə.pɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sɔ̃/		 repaissez
/ʁə.pɛ.se/ or /ʁə.pe.se/		 repaissent
/ʁə.pɛs/
imperfect repaissais
/ʁə.pɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.sɛ/		 repaissais
/ʁə.pɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.sɛ/		 repaissait
/ʁə.pɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.sɛ/		 repaissions
/ʁə.pɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sjɔ̃/		 repaissiez
/ʁə.pɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.sje/		 repaissaient
/ʁə.pɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.sɛ/
past historic2 repus
/ʁə.py/		 repus
/ʁə.py/		 reput
/ʁə.py/		 repûmes
/ʁə.pym/		 repûtes
/ʁə.pyt/		 repurent
/ʁə.pyʁ/
future repaîtrai
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁe/		 repaîtras
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁa/		 repaîtra
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁa/		 repaîtrons
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɔ̃/		 repaîtrez
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁe/		 repaîtront
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional repaîtrais
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɛ/		 repaîtrais
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɛ/		 repaîtrait
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɛ/		 repaîtrions
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁi.jɔ̃/		 repaîtriez
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁi.je/		 repaîtraient
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present repaisse
/ʁə.pɛs/		 repaisses
/ʁə.pɛs/		 repaisse
/ʁə.pɛs/		 repaissions
/ʁə.pɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sjɔ̃/		 repaissiez
/ʁə.pɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.sje/		 repaissent
/ʁə.pɛs/
imperfect2 repusse
/ʁə.pys/		 repusses
/ʁə.pys/		 repût
/ʁə.py/		 repussions
/ʁə.py.sjɔ̃/		 repussiez
/ʁə.py.sje/		 repussent
/ʁə.pys/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — repais
/ʁə.pɛ/		 — repaissons
/ʁə.pɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sɔ̃/		 repaissez
/ʁə.pɛ.se/ or /ʁə.pe.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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