renouveler

French

Etymology

From Old French renouveler. Equivalent to re- +‎ nouvel +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.nu.vle/

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Verb

renouveler

1. to renew

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of renouveler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renouveler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	renouvelant /ʁə.nu.vlɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		renouvelé /ʁə.nu.vle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/	renouvelles or renouvèles /ʁə.nu.vɛl/	renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/	renouvelons /ʁə.nu.vlɔ̃/	renouvelez /ʁə.nu.vle/	renouvellent or renouvèlent /ʁə.nu.vɛl/
	imperfect	renouvelais /ʁə.nu.vlɛ/	renouvelais /ʁə.nu.vlɛ/	renouvelait /ʁə.nu.vlɛ/	renouvelions /ʁə.nu.və.ljɔ̃/	renouveliez /ʁə.nu.və.lje/	renouvelaient /ʁə.nu.vlɛ/
	past historic2	renouvelai /ʁə.nu.vle/	renouvelas /ʁə.nu.vla/	renouvela /ʁə.nu.vla/	renouvelâmes /ʁə.nu.vlam/	renouvelâtes /ʁə.nu.vlat/	renouvelèrent /ʁə.nu.vlɛʁ/
	future	renouvellerai or renouvèlerai /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁe/	renouvelleras or renouvèleras /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁa/	renouvellera or renouvèlera /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁa/	renouvellerons or renouvèlerons /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/	renouvellerez or renouvèlerez /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁe/	renouvelleront or renouvèleront /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renouvellerais or renouvèlerais /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɛ/	renouvellerais or renouvèlerais /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɛ/	renouvellerait or renouvèlerait /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɛ/	renouvellerions or renouvèlerions /ʁə.nu.vɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.nu.ve.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	renouvelleriez or renouvèleriez /ʁə.nu.vɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.nu.ve.lə.ʁje/	renouvelleraient or renouvèleraient /ʁə.nu.vɛl.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	renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/	renouvelles or renouvèles /ʁə.nu.vɛl/	renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/	renouvelions /ʁə.nu.və.ljɔ̃/	renouveliez /ʁə.nu.və.lje/	renouvellent or renouvèlent /ʁə.nu.vɛl/
	imperfect2	renouvelasse /ʁə.nu.vlas/	renouvelasses /ʁə.nu.vlas/	renouvelât /ʁə.nu.vla/	renouvelassions /ʁə.nu.vla.sjɔ̃/	renouvelassiez /ʁə.nu.vla.sje/	renouvelassent /ʁə.nu.vlas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/	—	renouvelons /ʁə.nu.vlɔ̃/	renouvelez /ʁə.nu.vle/	—
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

• nouveau

Further reading

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

Old French

Etymology

re- +‎ nouvel +‎ -er.

Verb

renouveler

1. to renew
2. to replace (something with something else)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of renouveler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		renouveler			avoir renouvelé
gerund		en renouvelant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		renouvelant
past participle		renouvelé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	renouvel	renouveles	renouvele	renouvelons	renouvelez	renouvelent
	imperfect	renouveloie, renouveleie, renouveloe, renouveleve	renouveloies, renouveleies, renouveloes, renouveleves	renouveloit, renouveleit, renouvelot, renouveleve	renouveliiens, renouveliens	renouveliiez, renouveliez	renouveloient, renouveleient, renouveloent, renouvelevent
	preterite	renouvelai	renouvelas	renouvela	renouvelames	renouvelastes	renouvelerent
	future	renouvelerai	renouveleras	renouvelera	renouvelerons	renouveleroiz, renouvelereiz, renouvelerez	renouveleront
	conditional	renouveleroie, renouvelereie	renouveleroies, renouvelereies	renouveleroit, renouvelereit	renouveleriiens, renouveleriens	renouveleriiez, renouveleriez	renouveleroient, renouvelereient
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	renouvel	renouveaus	renouveaut	renouvelons	renouvelez	renouvelent
	imperfect	renouvelasse	renouvelasses	renouvelast	renouvelissons, renouvelissiens	renouvelissoiz, renouvelissez, renouvelissiez	renouvelassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	renouvele	—	renouvelons	renouvelez	—

Descendants

• French: renouveler
• Norman: r'nouv'ler