repincer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ pincer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pɛ̃.se/

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Verb

repincer

1. (transitive) to pinch again

Conjugation

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 repincer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	repincer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	repinçant /ʁə.pɛ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		repincé /ʁə.pɛ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	repince /ʁə.pɛ̃s/	repinces /ʁə.pɛ̃s/	repince /ʁə.pɛ̃s/	repinçons /ʁə.pɛ̃.sɔ̃/	repincez /ʁə.pɛ̃.se/	repincent /ʁə.pɛ̃s/
	imperfect	repinçais /ʁə.pɛ̃.sɛ/	repinçais /ʁə.pɛ̃.sɛ/	repinçait /ʁə.pɛ̃.sɛ/	repincions /ʁə.pɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	repinciez /ʁə.pɛ̃.sje/	repinçaient /ʁə.pɛ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	repinçai /ʁə.pɛ̃.se/	repinças /ʁə.pɛ̃.sa/	repinça /ʁə.pɛ̃.sa/	repinçâmes /ʁə.pɛ̃.sam/	repinçâtes /ʁə.pɛ̃.sat/	repincèrent /ʁə.pɛ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	repincerai /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁe/	repinceras /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁa/	repincera /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁa/	repincerons /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/	repincerez /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁe/	repinceront /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	repincerais /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁɛ/	repincerais /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁɛ/	repincerait /ʁə.pɛ̃.sʁɛ/	repincerions /ʁə.pɛ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	repinceriez /ʁə.pɛ̃.sə.ʁje/	repinceraient /ʁə.pɛ̃.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	repince /ʁə.pɛ̃s/	repinces /ʁə.pɛ̃s/	repince /ʁə.pɛ̃s/	repincions /ʁə.pɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	repinciez /ʁə.pɛ̃.sje/	repincent /ʁə.pɛ̃s/
	imperfect2	repinçasse /ʁə.pɛ̃.sas/	repinçasses /ʁə.pɛ̃.sas/	repinçât /ʁə.pɛ̃.sa/	repinçassions /ʁə.pɛ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	repinçassiez /ʁə.pɛ̃.sa.sje/	repinçassent /ʁə.pɛ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	repince /ʁə.pɛ̃s/	—	repinçons /ʁə.pɛ̃.sɔ̃/	repincez /ʁə.pɛ̃.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).

Derived terms

• repincer au demi-cercle

Further reading

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