reluire

French

Etymology

Latin relūceō

Pronunciation

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Verb

reluire

1. to shine; especially by reflecting light

Conjugation

Conjugation of reluire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	reluire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	reluisant /ʁə.lɥi.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		relui /ʁə.lɥi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	reluis /ʁə.lɥi/	reluis /ʁə.lɥi/	reluit /ʁə.lɥi/	reluisons /ʁə.lɥi.zɔ̃/	reluisez /ʁə.lɥi.ze/	reluisent /ʁə.lɥiz/
	imperfect	reluisais /ʁə.lɥi.zɛ/	reluisais /ʁə.lɥi.zɛ/	reluisait /ʁə.lɥi.zɛ/	reluisions /ʁə.lɥi.zjɔ̃/	reluisiez /ʁə.lɥi.zje/	reluisaient /ʁə.lɥi.zɛ/
	past historic2	reluis or reluisis /ʁə.lɥi/ or /ʁə.lɥi.zi/	reluis or reluisis /ʁə.lɥi/ or /ʁə.lɥi.zi/	reluit /ʁə.lɥi/	reluîmes or reluisîmes /ʁə.lɥim/ or /ʁə.lɥi.zim/	reluîtes or reluisîtes /ʁə.lɥit/ or /ʁə.lɥi.zit/	reluirent or reluisirent /ʁə.lɥiʁ/ or /ʁə.lɥi.ziʁ/
	future	reluirai /ʁə.lɥi.ʁe/	reluiras /ʁə.lɥi.ʁa/	reluira /ʁə.lɥi.ʁa/	reluirons /ʁə.lɥi.ʁɔ̃/	reluirez /ʁə.lɥi.ʁe/	reluiront /ʁə.lɥi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	reluirais /ʁə.lɥi.ʁɛ/	reluirais /ʁə.lɥi.ʁɛ/	reluirait /ʁə.lɥi.ʁɛ/	reluirions /ʁə.lɥi.ʁjɔ̃/	reluiriez /ʁə.lɥi.ʁje/	reluiraient /ʁə.lɥi.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	reluise /ʁə.lɥiz/	reluises /ʁə.lɥiz/	reluise /ʁə.lɥiz/	reluisions /ʁə.lɥi.zjɔ̃/	reluisiez /ʁə.lɥi.zje/	reluisent /ʁə.lɥiz/
	imperfect2	reluisisse /ʁə.lɥi.zis/	reluisisses /ʁə.lɥi.zis/	reluisît /ʁə.lɥi.zi/	reluisissions /ʁə.lɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/	reluisissiez /ʁə.lɥi.zi.sje/	reluisissent /ʁə.lɥi.zis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	reluis /ʁə.lɥi/	—	reluisons /ʁə.lɥi.zɔ̃/	reluisez /ʁə.lɥi.ze/	—
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

• brosse à reluire

 

Related terms

• luire
• traluire

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• relieur, reliure

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Old French

Verb

reluire

1. alternative infinitive of reluisir.

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of reluire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reluire			avoir reluit
gerund		en reluisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		reluisant
past participle		reluit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	reluis	reluis	reluist, reluit	reluisons	reluisiez	reluisent
	imperfect	reluisoie, reluiseie	reluisoies, reluiseies	reluisoit, reluiseit	reluisiiens, reluisiens	reluisiiez, reluisiez	reluisoient, reluiseient
	preterite	reluisi, reluis	reluisis	reluisi, reluist	reluisimes	reluisistes	reluisirent, reluistrent
	future	reluirai	reluiras	reluira	reluirons	reluiroiz, reluireiz, reluirez	reluiront
	conditional	reluiroie, reluireie	reluiroies, reluireies	reluiroit, reluireit	reluiriiens, reluiriens	reluiriiez, reluiriez	reluiroient, reluireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	reluise	reluises	reluise	reluisiens, reluisons	reluisiez	reluisent
	imperfect	reluisisse	reluisisses	reluisist	reluisissons, reluisissiens	reluisissoiz, reluisissez, reluisissiez	reluisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	reluis	—	reluisons	reluisiez	—