rétribuer

French

Etymology

From Latin rētribuere, present active infinitive of rētribuō (“I give back, return, repay; I recompense”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/

Verb

rétribuer

1. (transitive) to pay (for)
2. (transitive) to reward

Conjugation

Conjugation of rétribuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rétribuer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rétribuant /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rétribué /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/	rétribues /ʁe.tʁi.by/	rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/	rétribuons /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/	rétribuez /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/	rétribuent /ʁe.tʁi.by/
	imperfect	rétribuais /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/	rétribuais /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/	rétribuait /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/	rétribuions /ʁe.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/	rétribuiez /ʁe.tʁi.by.je/	rétribuaient /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/
	past historic2	rétribuai /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/	rétribuas /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/	rétribua /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/	rétribuâmes /ʁe.tʁi.bɥam/	rétribuâtes /ʁe.tʁi.bɥat/	rétribuèrent /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛʁ/
	future	rétribuerai /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁe/	rétribueras /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁa/	rétribuera /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁa/	rétribuerons /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/	rétribuerez /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁe/	rétribueront /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rétribuerais /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	rétribuerais /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	rétribuerait /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/	rétribuerions /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁjɔ̃/	rétribueriez /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁje/	rétribueraient /ʁe.tʁi.by.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	rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/	rétribues /ʁe.tʁi.by/	rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/	rétribuions /ʁe.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/	rétribuiez /ʁe.tʁi.by.je/	rétribuent /ʁe.tʁi.by/
	imperfect2	rétribuasse /ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/	rétribuasses /ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/	rétribuât /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/	rétribuassions /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa.sjɔ̃/	rétribuassiez /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa.sje/	rétribuassent /ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/	—	rétribuons /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/	rétribuez /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/	—
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

• rétribution

Further reading

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