ravaler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ avaler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.va.le/

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Verb

ravaler

1. (transitive) to restore
2. (transitive) to swallow again
3. (transitive) to debase

Conjugation

Conjugation of ravaler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ravaler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ravalant /ʁa.va.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ravalé /ʁa.va.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ravale /ʁa.val/	ravales /ʁa.val/	ravale /ʁa.val/	ravalons /ʁa.va.lɔ̃/	ravalez /ʁa.va.le/	ravalent /ʁa.val/
	imperfect	ravalais /ʁa.va.lɛ/	ravalais /ʁa.va.lɛ/	ravalait /ʁa.va.lɛ/	ravalions /ʁa.va.ljɔ̃/	ravaliez /ʁa.va.lje/	ravalaient /ʁa.va.lɛ/
	past historic2	ravalai /ʁa.va.le/	ravalas /ʁa.va.la/	ravala /ʁa.va.la/	ravalâmes /ʁa.va.lam/	ravalâtes /ʁa.va.lat/	ravalèrent /ʁa.va.lɛʁ/
	future	ravalerai /ʁa.val.ʁe/	ravaleras /ʁa.val.ʁa/	ravalera /ʁa.val.ʁa/	ravalerons /ʁa.val.ʁɔ̃/	ravalerez /ʁa.val.ʁe/	ravaleront /ʁa.val.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ravalerais /ʁa.val.ʁɛ/	ravalerais /ʁa.val.ʁɛ/	ravalerait /ʁa.val.ʁɛ/	ravalerions /ʁa.va.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	ravaleriez /ʁa.va.lə.ʁje/	ravaleraient /ʁa.val.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	ravale /ʁa.val/	ravales /ʁa.val/	ravale /ʁa.val/	ravalions /ʁa.va.ljɔ̃/	ravaliez /ʁa.va.lje/	ravalent /ʁa.val/
	imperfect2	ravalasse /ʁa.va.las/	ravalasses /ʁa.va.las/	ravalât /ʁa.va.la/	ravalassions /ʁa.va.la.sjɔ̃/	ravalassiez /ʁa.va.la.sje/	ravalassent /ʁa.va.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ravale /ʁa.val/	—	ravalons /ʁa.va.lɔ̃/	ravalez /ʁa.va.le/	—
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

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