renouveler

French

Etymology

Old French renouveler

Pronunciation

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Verb

renouveler

1. to renew

Related terms

• nouveau

Conjugation

This verb can be conjugated in 2 ways. The first table shows the conjugation before the 1990 spelling reform of the French language, the second shows it after the spelling reforms. Both spellings are today considered correct.

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

   Conjugation of renouveler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		renouveler			avoir renouvelé
gerund		en renouvelant			en ayant renouvelé
present participle		renouvelant
past participle		renouvelé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	renouvelle	renouvelles	renouvelle	renouvelons	renouvelez	renouvellent
	imperfect	renouvelais	renouvelais	renouvelait	renouvelions	renouveliez	renouvelaient
	past historic1	renouvelai	renouvelas	renouvela	renouvelâmes	renouvelâtes	renouvelèrent
	future	renouvellerai	renouvelleras	renouvellera	renouvellerons	renouvellerez	renouvelleront
	conditional	renouvellerais	renouvellerais	renouvellerait	renouvellerions	renouvelleriez	renouvelleraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	renouvelle	renouvelles	renouvelle	renouvelions	renouveliez	renouvellent
	imperfect1	renouvelasse	renouvelasses	renouvelât	renouvelassions	renouvelassiez	renouvelassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	renouvelle	—	renouvelons	renouvelez	—
1literary tenses

• This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ before a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il renouvèle rather than *il renouvele. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

   Conjugation of renouveler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		renouveler			avoir renouvelé
gerund		en renouvelant			en ayant renouvelé
present participle		renouvelant
past participle		renouvelé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	renouvèle	renouvèles	renouvèle	renouvelons	renouvelez	renouvèlent
	imperfect	renouvelais	renouvelais	renouvelait	renouvelions	renouveliez	renouvelaient
	past historic1	renouvelai	renouvelas	renouvela	renouvelâmes	renouvelâtes	renouvelèrent
	future	renouvèlerai	renouvèleras	renouvèlera	renouvèlerons	renouvèlerez	renouvèleront
	conditional	renouvèlerais	renouvèlerais	renouvèlerait	renouvèlerions	renouvèleriez	renouvèleraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	renouvèle	renouvèles	renouvèle	renouvelions	renouveliez	renouvèlent
	imperfect1	renouvelasse	renouvelasses	renouvelât	renouvelassions	renouvelassiez	renouvelassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	renouvèle	—	renouvelons	renouvelez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Etymology

re- + nouvel + -er.

Verb

renouveler

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

Conjugation

• 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, renouvelez
gerund		en renouvelant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		renouvelant
past participle		renouvelé, renouvelez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	renouvele	renouveles	renouvele	renouvelons	renouvelez, renouvelés	renouvelent
	imperfect	renouveloe, renouveleie, renouveloie	renouveloes, renouveleies, renouveloies	renouvelot, renouveleit, renouveloit	renouvelions, renouveliions	renouveliez, renouveliiez	renouveloent, renouvelient, renouveloient
	past historic	renouvela	renouvelas	renouvela	renouvelames	renouvelastes	renouvelerent
	future	renouvelerai	renouveleras	renouvelera	renouvelerons	renouvelerez, renouvelereiz	renouveleront
	conditional	renouveleroe, renouvelereie, renouveleroie	renouveleroes, renouvelereied, renouveleroied	renouvelerot, renouvelereie, renouveleroie	renouvelerions, renouveleriions	renouveleriez, renouveleriiez	renouveleroent, renouvelereient, renouveleroient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	renouvele	renouveles	renouvele	renouvelons	renouvelez	renouvelent
	imperfect	renouvelasse	renouvelasses	renouvelast	renouvelissons	renouvelissez, renouvelissiez	renouvelassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	renouvele	—	renouvelons	renouvelez	—

Descendants

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