revaloir

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ valoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.va.lwaʁ/

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Verb

revaloir

1. (transitive) to get even (with)

Usage notes

• Listed in many dictionaries as a defective verb. Most often used in the infinitive and the future.

Conjugation

Conjugation of revaloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	revaloir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	revalant /ʁə.va.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		revalu /ʁə.va.ly/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	revaux /ʁə.vo/	revaux /ʁə.vo/	revaut /ʁə.vo/	revalons /ʁə.va.lɔ̃/	revalez /ʁə.va.le/	revalent /ʁə.val/
	imperfect	revalais /ʁə.va.lɛ/	revalais /ʁə.va.lɛ/	revalait /ʁə.va.lɛ/	revalions /ʁə.va.ljɔ̃/	revaliez /ʁə.va.lje/	revalaient /ʁə.va.lɛ/
	past historic2	revalus /ʁə.va.ly/	revalus /ʁə.va.ly/	revalut /ʁə.va.ly/	revalûmes /ʁə.va.lym/	revalûtes /ʁə.va.lyt/	revalurent /ʁə.va.lyʁ/
	future	revaudrai /ʁə.vo.dʁe/	revaudras /ʁə.vo.dʁa/	revaudra /ʁə.vo.dʁa/	revaudrons /ʁə.vo.dʁɔ̃/	revaudrez /ʁə.vo.dʁe/	revaudront /ʁə.vo.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	revaudrais /ʁə.vo.dʁɛ/	revaudrais /ʁə.vo.dʁɛ/	revaudrait /ʁə.vo.dʁɛ/	revaudrions /ʁə.vo.dʁi.jɔ̃/	revaudriez /ʁə.vo.dʁi.je/	revaudraient /ʁə.vo.dʁɛ/
(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	revaille /ʁə.vaj/	revailles /ʁə.vaj/	revaille /ʁə.vaj/	revalions /ʁə.va.ljɔ̃/	revaliez /ʁə.va.lje/	revaillent /ʁə.vaj/
	imperfect2	revalusse /ʁə.va.lys/	revalusses /ʁə.va.lys/	revalût /ʁə.va.ly/	revalussions /ʁə.va.ly.sjɔ̃/	revalussiez /ʁə.va.ly.sje/	revalussent /ʁə.va.lys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	—	—	—	—	—
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

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