réprimer

See also: reprimer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reprimō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.pʁi.me/

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Verb

réprimer

1. (transitive) to suppress, quell (stop the spread of something considered bad or wrong)
2. (transitive) to repress, stifle (prevent the growth of)
3. (transitive) to repress, muffle (prevent someone speaking out)
4. (transitive) to hold back, to stunt (make someone refrain from doing something)
5. (transitive) to cut down, subdue (reduce the level of, e.g. crime)

Conjugation

Conjugation of réprimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	réprimer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	réprimant /ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		réprimé /ʁe.pʁi.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	réprime /ʁe.pʁim/	réprimes /ʁe.pʁim/	réprime /ʁe.pʁim/	réprimons /ʁe.pʁi.mɔ̃/	réprimez /ʁe.pʁi.me/	répriment /ʁe.pʁim/
	imperfect	réprimais /ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/	réprimais /ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/	réprimait /ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/	réprimions /ʁe.pʁi.mjɔ̃/	réprimiez /ʁe.pʁi.mje/	réprimaient /ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/
	past historic2	réprimai /ʁe.pʁi.me/	réprimas /ʁe.pʁi.ma/	réprima /ʁe.pʁi.ma/	réprimâmes /ʁe.pʁi.mam/	réprimâtes /ʁe.pʁi.mat/	réprimèrent /ʁe.pʁi.mɛʁ/
	future	réprimerai /ʁe.pʁim.ʁe/	réprimeras /ʁe.pʁim.ʁa/	réprimera /ʁe.pʁim.ʁa/	réprimerons /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/	réprimerez /ʁe.pʁim.ʁe/	réprimeront /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	réprimerais /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/	réprimerais /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/	réprimerait /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/	réprimerions /ʁe.pʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	réprimeriez /ʁe.pʁi.mə.ʁje/	réprimeraient /ʁe.pʁim.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	réprime /ʁe.pʁim/	réprimes /ʁe.pʁim/	réprime /ʁe.pʁim/	réprimions /ʁe.pʁi.mjɔ̃/	réprimiez /ʁe.pʁi.mje/	répriment /ʁe.pʁim/
	imperfect2	réprimasse /ʁe.pʁi.mas/	réprimasses /ʁe.pʁi.mas/	réprimât /ʁe.pʁi.ma/	réprimassions /ʁe.pʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/	réprimassiez /ʁe.pʁi.ma.sje/	réprimassent /ʁe.pʁi.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	réprime /ʁe.pʁim/	—	réprimons /ʁe.pʁi.mɔ̃/	réprimez /ʁe.pʁi.me/	—
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

• répressif
• répression

Further reading

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