regimber

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.be/

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Verb

regimber

1. to jib (of a horse)
2. (by extension) to jib (to be reluctant to do something)

Conjugation

Conjugation of regimber (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	regimber
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	regimbant /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		regimbé /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.be/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	regimbe /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/	regimbes /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/	regimbe /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/	regimbons /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bɔ̃/	regimbez /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.be/	regimbent /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/
	imperfect	regimbais /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bɛ/	regimbais /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bɛ/	regimbait /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bɛ/	regimbions /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bjɔ̃/	regimbiez /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bje/	regimbaient /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bɛ/
	past historic2	regimbai /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.be/	regimbas /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.ba/	regimba /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.ba/	regimbâmes /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bam/	regimbâtes /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bat/	regimbèrent /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bɛʁ/
	future	regimberai /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁe/	regimberas /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁa/	regimbera /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁa/	regimberons /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/	regimberez /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁe/	regimberont /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁɔ̃/
	conditional	regimberais /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁɛ/	regimberais /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁɛ/	regimberait /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁɛ/	regimberions /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/	regimberiez /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bə.ʁje/	regimberaient /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bʁɛ/
(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	regimbe /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/	regimbes /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/	regimbe /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/	regimbions /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bjɔ̃/	regimbiez /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bje/	regimbent /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/
	imperfect2	regimbasse /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bas/	regimbasses /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bas/	regimbât /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.ba/	regimbassions /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/	regimbassiez /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.ba.sje/	regimbassent /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	regimbe /ʁə.ʒɛ̃b/	—	regimbons /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.bɔ̃/	regimbez /ʁə.ʒɛ̃.be/	—
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).

Further reading

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