retâter

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ tâter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ta.te/, /ʁə.tɑ.te/

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Verb

retâter

1. (transitive) to grope again
2. (transitive-indirect; built with de) to try again (something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of retâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retâter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retâtant /ʁə.ta.tɑ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retâté /ʁə.ta.te/ or /ʁə.tɑ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/	retâtes /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/	retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/	retâtons /ʁə.ta.tɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɔ̃/	retâtez /ʁə.ta.te/ or /ʁə.tɑ.te/	retâtent /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/
	imperfect	retâtais /ʁə.ta.tɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/	retâtais /ʁə.ta.tɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/	retâtait /ʁə.ta.tɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/	retâtions /ʁə.ta.tjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tjɔ̃/	retâtiez /ʁə.ta.tje/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tje/	retâtaient /ʁə.ta.tɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛ/
	past historic2	retâtai /ʁə.ta.te/ or /ʁə.tɑ.te/	retâtas /ʁə.ta.ta/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta/	retâta /ʁə.ta.ta/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta/	retâtâmes /ʁə.ta.tam/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tam/	retâtâtes /ʁə.ta.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tat/	retâtèrent /ʁə.ta.tɛʁ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɛʁ/
	future	retâterai /ʁə.ta.tʁe/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁe/	retâteras /ʁə.ta.tʁa/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁa/	retâtera /ʁə.ta.tʁa/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁa/	retâterons /ʁə.ta.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɔ̃/	retâterez /ʁə.ta.tʁe/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁe/	retâteront /ʁə.ta.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retâterais /ʁə.ta.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/	retâterais /ʁə.ta.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/	retâterait /ʁə.ta.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tʁɛ/	retâterions /ʁə.ta.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	retâteriez /ʁə.ta.tə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tə.ʁje/	retâteraient /ʁə.ta.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tɑ.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	retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/	retâtes /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/	retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/	retâtions /ʁə.ta.tjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tjɔ̃/	retâtiez /ʁə.ta.tje/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tje/	retâtent /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/
	imperfect2	retâtasse /ʁə.ta.tas/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tas/	retâtasses /ʁə.ta.tas/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tas/	retâtât /ʁə.ta.ta/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta/	retâtassions /ʁə.ta.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/	retâtassiez /ʁə.ta.ta.sje/ or /ʁə.tɑ.ta.sje/	retâtassent /ʁə.ta.tas/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retâte /ʁə.tat/ or /ʁə.tɑt/	—	retâtons /ʁə.ta.tɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tɑ.tɔ̃/	retâtez /ʁə.ta.te/ or /ʁə.tɑ.te/	—
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).

Anagrams

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