reprendre

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan reprendre, from Latin reprendere, from earlier reprehendere. By surface analysis, re- +‎ prendre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈpɛn.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rəˈpən.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [reˈpɾen.dɾe]

Verb

reprendre (first-person singular present reprenc, first-person singular preterite reprenguí, past participle reprès)

1. to retake
2. to take back
3. to tell off

   Synonym: increpar

Related terms

• prendre
• reprensible
• reprensió
• reprensiu

 

References

• “reprendre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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French

Etymology

From Old French reprendre, from Latin reprendere, contracted variant of reprehendere, present active infinitive of reprehendō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ/

• audio:

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Verb

reprendre

1. (transitive) to take back, recover, regain
2. (transitive) to take again, take more of, have another helping
3. (transitive) to resume (work), get back to, carry on with

   Après la pause, on va reprendre le travail. ― After the break, we're going to get back to work.

   Je lui ai dit que j’aimerais reprendre un de mes vieux passe-temps, soit jouer du piano, soit apprendre une langue.

   I told him I'd like to get back to one of my old hobbies, either playing piano or learning a language.

4. (transitive) to retake, recapture
5. (intransitive) to start again

   reprendre à zéro ― to start from scratch

6. (intransitive, of business) to pick up, to show new sign of life
7. (transitive) to criticize, correct, rebuke, reprimand
8. (reflexive) to correct oneself
9. (reflexive) to pull oneself together
10. (transitive) to cover, to perform or record a cover version (of a song by another musical artist)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated on the model of prendre. That means it is quite irregular, with the following patterns:

• In the infinitive, in the singular forms of the present indicative, and in the future and the conditional, it is conjugated like rendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs).
• In the plural forms of the present indicative and imperative, in the imperfect indicative, in the present subjunctive, and in the present participle, it is conjugated like appeler or jeter, using the stem reprenn- before mute 'e' and the stem repren- elsewhere.
• In the past participle, and in the past historic and the imperfect subjunctive, its conjugation resembles that of mettre.

Conjugation of reprendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	reprendre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	reprenant /ʁə.pʁə.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		repris /ʁə.pʁi/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	reprends /ʁə.pʁɑ̃/	reprends /ʁə.pʁɑ̃/	reprend /ʁə.pʁɑ̃/	reprenons /ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃/	reprenez /ʁə.pʁə.ne/	reprennent /ʁə.pʁɛn/
	imperfect	reprenais /ʁə.pʁə.nɛ/	reprenais /ʁə.pʁə.nɛ/	reprenait /ʁə.pʁə.nɛ/	reprenions /ʁə.pʁə.njɔ̃/	repreniez /ʁə.pʁə.nje/	reprenaient /ʁə.pʁə.nɛ/
	past historic2	repris /ʁə.pʁi/	repris /ʁə.pʁi/	reprit /ʁə.pʁi/	reprîmes /ʁə.pʁim/	reprîtes /ʁə.pʁit/	reprirent /ʁə.pʁiʁ/
	future	reprendrai /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁe/	reprendras /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁa/	reprendra /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁa/	reprendrons /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/	reprendrez /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁe/	reprendront /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	reprendrais /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	reprendrais /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	reprendrait /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁɛ/	reprendrions /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	reprendriez /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.dʁi.je/	reprendraient /ʁə.pʁɑ̃.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	reprenne /ʁə.pʁɛn/	reprennes /ʁə.pʁɛn/	reprenne /ʁə.pʁɛn/	reprenions /ʁə.pʁə.njɔ̃/	repreniez /ʁə.pʁə.nje/	reprennent /ʁə.pʁɛn/
	imperfect2	reprisse /ʁə.pʁis/	reprisses /ʁə.pʁis/	reprît /ʁə.pʁi/	reprissions /ʁə.pʁi.sjɔ̃/	reprissiez /ʁə.pʁi.sje/	reprissent /ʁə.pʁis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	reprends /ʁə.pʁɑ̃/	—	reprenons /ʁə.pʁə.nɔ̃/	reprenez /ʁə.pʁə.ne/	—
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

• donner c’est donner, reprendre c’est voler
• reprendre à son compte
• reprendre à zéro
• reprendre connaissance
• reprendre du poil de la bête
• reprendre du service
• reprendre en main
• reprendre le flambeau
• reprendre ses droits
• reprendre ses esprits
• reprendre son souffle
• repris de justice

 

Related terms

• prendre
• répréhensible
• répréhensif
• répréhension
• repreneur
• reprise

 

Further reading

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

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin reprēndere, from older reprehendere. By surface analysis, re- +‎ prendre.

Verb

reprendre

1. to retake (to take back; to take again)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. 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 reprendre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reprendre			avoir pris
gerund		en prenant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		prenant
past participle		pris
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	preing, pren	prenz	prent	prenons	prenez	prenent
	imperfect	prenoie, preneie	prenoies, preneies	prenoit, preneit	preniiens, preniens	preniiez, preniez	prenoient, preneient
	preterite	pris	preṣis	prist	preṣimes	preṣistes	prisdrent
	future	prendrai	prendras	prendra	prendrons	prendroiz, prendreiz, prendrez	prendront
	conditional	prendroie, prendreie	prendroies, prendreies	prendroit, prendreit	prendriiens, prendriens	prendriiez, prendriez	prendroient, prendreient
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	preigne	preignes	preigne	prenons, preigniens, preignons	prenez, preigniez	preignent
	imperfect	preṣisse	preṣisses	preṣist	preṣissons, preṣissiens	preṣissoiz, preṣissez, preṣissiez	preṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	pren	—	prenons	prenez	—

Related terms

• prendre

Descendants

• French: reprendre