retracer

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

retrace +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

retracer (plural retracers)

  1. One who retraces.

French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Verb[edit]

retracer

  1. to recount, to tell
  2. to redraw, to draw again

Conjugation[edit]

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of retracer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple retracer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple retraçant
/ʁə.tʁa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle retracé
/ʁə.tʁa.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present retrace
/ʁə.tʁas/ 		retraces
/ʁə.tʁas/ 		retrace
/ʁə.tʁas/ 		retraçons
/ʁə.tʁa.sɔ̃/ 		retracez
/ʁə.tʁa.se/ 		retracent
/ʁə.tʁas/
imperfect retraçais
/ʁə.tʁa.sɛ/ 		retraçais
/ʁə.tʁa.sɛ/ 		retraçait
/ʁə.tʁa.sɛ/ 		retracions
/ʁə.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		retraciez
/ʁə.tʁa.sje/ 		retraçaient
/ʁə.tʁa.sɛ/
past historic2 retraçai
/ʁə.tʁa.se/ 		retraças
/ʁə.tʁa.sa/ 		retraça
/ʁə.tʁa.sa/ 		retraçâmes
/ʁə.tʁa.sam/ 		retraçâtes
/ʁə.tʁa.sat/ 		retracèrent
/ʁə.tʁa.sɛʁ/
future retracerai
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁe/ 		retraceras
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁa/ 		retracera
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁa/ 		retracerons
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁɔ̃/ 		retracerez
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁe/ 		retraceront
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁɔ̃/
conditional retracerais
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁɛ/ 		retracerais
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁɛ/ 		retracerait
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁɛ/ 		retracerions
/ʁə.tʁa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		retraceriez
/ʁə.tʁa.sə.ʁje/ 		retraceraient
/ʁə.tʁa.sʁɛ/
(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 retrace
/ʁə.tʁas/ 		retraces
/ʁə.tʁas/ 		retrace
/ʁə.tʁas/ 		retracions
/ʁə.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		retraciez
/ʁə.tʁa.sje/ 		retracent
/ʁə.tʁas/
imperfect2 retraçasse
/ʁə.tʁa.sas/ 		retraçasses
/ʁə.tʁa.sas/ 		retraçât
/ʁə.tʁa.sa/ 		retraçassions
/ʁə.tʁa.sa.sjɔ̃/ 		retraçassiez
/ʁə.tʁa.sa.sje/ 		retraçassent
/ʁə.tʁa.sas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retrace
/ʁə.tʁas/ 		— retraçons
/ʁə.tʁa.sɔ̃/ 		retracez
/ʁə.tʁa.se/ 		—
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).

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