répercuter

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin repercutere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/

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Verb

répercuter

1. of sound

   (transitive) to echo

   Synonym: réverbérer

   (reflexive) to echo

   Synonyms: résonner, se réverbérer

2. of light

   (transitive) to reflect

   Synonym: refléter

   (reflexive) to be reflected

   Synonym: se refléter

3. figurative senses

   (transitive) to transmit

   Synonym: transmettre

   (transitive, economics) to carry over, to transfer [with direct object ‘a burden, price increase, etc.’ and sur ‘onto consumers/producers/a cost/etc.’]

   Synonym: reporter

   (reflexive, figuratively) to affect [with sur ‘someone/something’]

   Synonym: agir sur

Conjugation

Conjugation of répercuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	répercuter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	répercutant /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		répercuté /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/	répercutes /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/	répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/	répercutons /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɔ̃/	répercutez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/	répercutent /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/
	imperfect	répercutais /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/	répercutais /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/	répercutait /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/	répercutions /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tjɔ̃/	répercutiez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tje/	répercutaient /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/
	past historic2	répercutai /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/	répercutas /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta/	répercuta /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta/	répercutâmes /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tam/	répercutâtes /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tat/	répercutèrent /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛʁ/
	future	répercuterai /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁe/	répercuteras /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁa/	répercutera /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁa/	répercuterons /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɔ̃/	répercuterez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁe/	répercuteront /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	répercuterais /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/	répercuterais /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/	répercuterait /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/	répercuterions /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	répercuteriez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tə.ʁje/	répercuteraient /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/
(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	répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/	répercutes /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/	répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/	répercutions /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tjɔ̃/	répercutiez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tje/	répercutent /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/
	imperfect2	répercutasse /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tas/	répercutasses /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tas/	répercutât /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta/	répercutassions /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta.sjɔ̃/	répercutassiez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta.sje/	répercutassent /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/	—	répercutons /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɔ̃/	répercutez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/	—
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).

Related terms

• percuter
• répercussif
• répercussion

Further reading

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