remblayer

French

Etymology

remblai +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.je/ ~ /ʁɑ̃.ble.je/

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Verb

remblayer

1. to fill in or backfill

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of remblayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	remblayer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	remblayant /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		remblayé /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.je/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	remblaye or remblaie /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/	remblayes or remblaies /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/	remblaye or remblaie /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/	remblayons /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jɔ̃/	remblayez /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.je/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.je/	remblayent or remblaient /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/
	imperfect	remblayais /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jɛ/	remblayais /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jɛ/	remblayait /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jɛ/	remblayions /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.jɔ̃/	remblayiez /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.je/	remblayaient /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jɛ/
	past historic2	remblayai /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.je/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.je/	remblayas /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ja/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ja/	remblaya /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ja/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ja/	remblayâmes /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jam/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jam/	remblayâtes /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jat/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jat/	remblayèrent /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jɛʁ/
	future	remblayerai or remblaierai /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁe/	remblayeras or remblaieras /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁa/	remblayera or remblaiera /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁa/	remblayerons or remblaierons /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁɔ̃/	remblayerez or remblaierez /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁe/	remblayeront or remblaieront /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	remblayerais or remblaierais /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁɛ/	remblayerais or remblaierais /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁɛ/	remblayerait or remblaierait /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁɛ/	remblayerions or remblaierions /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁjɔ̃/	remblayeriez or remblaieriez /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ʁje/	remblayeraient or remblaieraient /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.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	remblaye or remblaie /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/	remblayes or remblaies /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/	remblaye or remblaie /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/	remblayions /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.jɔ̃/	remblayiez /ʁɑ̃.blɛj.je/	remblayent or remblaient /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/
	imperfect2	remblayasse /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jas/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jas/	remblayasses /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jas/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jas/	remblayât /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ja/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ja/	remblayassions /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ja.sjɔ̃/	remblayassiez /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.ja.sje/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.ja.sje/	remblayassent /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jas/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	remblaye or remblaie /ʁɑ̃.blɛj/ or /ʁɑ̃.blɛ/	—	remblayons /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.jɔ̃/	remblayez /ʁɑ̃.blɛ.je/ or /ʁɑ̃.ble.je/	—
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

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