relire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French relire, from Old French relire. Equivalent to re- +‎ lire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.liʁ/

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Verb

relire

1. (transitive) to reread, to read again
2. to proofread, to read through (look for mistakes)

Conjugation

Conjugation of relire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	relire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	relisant /ʁə.li.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		relu /ʁə.ly/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	relis /ʁə.li/	relis /ʁə.li/	relit /ʁə.li/	relisons /ʁə.li.zɔ̃/	relisez /ʁə.li.ze/	relisent /ʁə.liz/
	imperfect	relisais /ʁə.li.zɛ/	relisais /ʁə.li.zɛ/	relisait /ʁə.li.zɛ/	relisions /ʁə.li.zjɔ̃/	relisiez /ʁə.li.zje/	relisaient /ʁə.li.zɛ/
	past historic2	relus /ʁə.ly/	relus /ʁə.ly/	relut /ʁə.ly/	relûmes /ʁə.lym/	relûtes /ʁə.lyt/	relurent /ʁə.lyʁ/
	future	relirai /ʁə.li.ʁe/	reliras /ʁə.li.ʁa/	relira /ʁə.li.ʁa/	relirons /ʁə.li.ʁɔ̃/	relirez /ʁə.li.ʁe/	reliront /ʁə.li.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	relirais /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/	relirais /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/	relirait /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/	relirions /ʁə.li.ʁjɔ̃/	reliriez /ʁə.li.ʁje/	reliraient /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/
(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	relise /ʁə.liz/	relises /ʁə.liz/	relise /ʁə.liz/	relisions /ʁə.li.zjɔ̃/	relisiez /ʁə.li.zje/	relisent /ʁə.liz/
	imperfect2	relusse /ʁə.lys/	relusses /ʁə.lys/	relût /ʁə.ly/	relussions /ʁə.ly.sjɔ̃/	relussiez /ʁə.ly.sje/	relussent /ʁə.lys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	relis /ʁə.li/	—	relisons /ʁə.li.zɔ̃/	relisez /ʁə.li.ze/	—
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).

Related terms

• relecture
• relecteur

Further reading

• “relire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• irréel, lierre, relier

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French relire.

Verb

relire

1. (transitive) to reread, to read again

Descendants

• French: relire

Old French

Etymology

re- +‎ lire.

Verb

relire

1. (transitive) to reread, to read again

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 relire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		relire			avoir releü, relit
gerund		en relisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		relisant
past participle		releü, relit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	reli	relis	relist	relisons	relisiez	relisent
	imperfect	relisoie, reliseie	relisoies, reliseies	relisoit, reliseit	relisiiens, relisiens	relisiiez, relisiez	relisoient, reliseient
	preterite	relui, relis	releüs, relesis	relut, relist	releümes, relesimes	releüstes, relesistes	relurent, relistrent
	future	relirai	reliras	relira	relirons	reliroiz, relireiz, relirez	reliront
	conditional	reliroie, relireie	reliroies, relireies	reliroit, relireit	reliriiens, reliriens	reliriiez, reliriez	reliroient, relireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	relise	relises	relise	relisiens, relisons	relisiez	relisent
	imperfect	releüsse, relesisse	releüsses, relesisses	releüst, relesist	releüssons, releüssiens, relesissons, relesissiens	releüssoiz, releüssez, releüssiez, relesissoiz, relesissez, relesissiez	releüssent, relesissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	relis	—	relisons	relisiez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: relire
  • French: relire