rechaper

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ chape +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ʃa.pe/

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Verb

rechaper

1. (transitive) to remould, retread (a tyre/tire)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rechaper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rechaper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rechapant /ʁə.ʃa.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rechapé /ʁə.ʃa.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rechape /ʁə.ʃap/	rechapes /ʁə.ʃap/	rechape /ʁə.ʃap/	rechapons /ʁə.ʃa.pɔ̃/	rechapez /ʁə.ʃa.pe/	rechapent /ʁə.ʃap/
	imperfect	rechapais /ʁə.ʃa.pɛ/	rechapais /ʁə.ʃa.pɛ/	rechapait /ʁə.ʃa.pɛ/	rechapions /ʁə.ʃa.pjɔ̃/	rechapiez /ʁə.ʃa.pje/	rechapaient /ʁə.ʃa.pɛ/
	past historic2	rechapai /ʁə.ʃa.pe/	rechapas /ʁə.ʃa.pa/	rechapa /ʁə.ʃa.pa/	rechapâmes /ʁə.ʃa.pam/	rechapâtes /ʁə.ʃa.pat/	rechapèrent /ʁə.ʃa.pɛʁ/
	future	rechaperai /ʁə.ʃa.pʁe/	rechaperas /ʁə.ʃa.pʁa/	rechapera /ʁə.ʃa.pʁa/	rechaperons /ʁə.ʃa.pʁɔ̃/	rechaperez /ʁə.ʃa.pʁe/	rechaperont /ʁə.ʃa.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rechaperais /ʁə.ʃa.pʁɛ/	rechaperais /ʁə.ʃa.pʁɛ/	rechaperait /ʁə.ʃa.pʁɛ/	rechaperions /ʁə.ʃa.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	rechaperiez /ʁə.ʃa.pə.ʁje/	rechaperaient /ʁə.ʃa.pʁɛ/
(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	rechape /ʁə.ʃap/	rechapes /ʁə.ʃap/	rechape /ʁə.ʃap/	rechapions /ʁə.ʃa.pjɔ̃/	rechapiez /ʁə.ʃa.pje/	rechapent /ʁə.ʃap/
	imperfect2	rechapasse /ʁə.ʃa.pas/	rechapasses /ʁə.ʃa.pas/	rechapât /ʁə.ʃa.pa/	rechapassions /ʁə.ʃa.pa.sjɔ̃/	rechapassiez /ʁə.ʃa.pa.sje/	rechapassent /ʁə.ʃa.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rechape /ʁə.ʃap/	—	rechapons /ʁə.ʃa.pɔ̃/	rechapez /ʁə.ʃa.pe/	—
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).

Further reading

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