redevenir

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ devenir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.də.v(ə).niʁ/

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Verb

redevenir

1. to become again

Conjugation

This is a verb in a group of -ir verbs. All verbs ending in -venir, such as convenir and devenir, are conjugated this way. Such verbs are the only verbs whose past historic and subjunctive imperfect endings do not start with one of these thematic vowels: -a-, -i-, -u-.

Conjugation of redevenir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	redevenir
	compound	être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	redevenant /ʁə.də.v(ə).nɑ̃/
	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		redevenu /ʁə.də.v(ə).ny/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	redeviens /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃/	redeviens /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃/	redevient /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃/	redevenons /ʁə.də.v(ə).nɔ̃/	redevenez /ʁə.də.v(ə).ne/	redeviennent /ʁə.də.vjɛn/
	imperfect	redevenais /ʁə.də.v(ə).nɛ/	redevenais /ʁə.də.v(ə).nɛ/	redevenait /ʁə.də.v(ə).nɛ/	redevenions /ʁə.d(ə).və.njɔ̃/	redeveniez /ʁə.d(ə).və.nje/	redevenaient /ʁə.də.v(ə).nɛ/
	past historic2	redevins /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃/	redevins /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃/	redevint /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃/	redevînmes /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃m/	redevîntes /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃t/	redevinrent /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃ʁ/
	future	redeviendrai /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	redeviendras /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	redeviendra /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁa/	redeviendrons /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/	redeviendrez /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁe/	redeviendront /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	redeviendrais /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	redeviendrais /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	redeviendrait /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/	redeviendrions /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	redeviendriez /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁi.je/	redeviendraient /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of être + past participle
	future perfect	future of être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	redevienne /ʁə.də.vjɛn/	redeviennes /ʁə.də.vjɛn/	redevienne /ʁə.də.vjɛn/	redevenions /ʁə.d(ə).və.njɔ̃/	redeveniez /ʁə.d(ə).və.nje/	redeviennent /ʁə.də.vjɛn/
	imperfect2	redevinsse /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃s/	redevinsses /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃s/	redevînt /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃/	redevinssions /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃.sjɔ̃/	redevinssiez /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃.sje/	redevinssent /ʁə.d(ə).vɛ̃s/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	redeviens /ʁə.də.vjɛ̃/	—	redevenons /ʁə.də.v(ə).nɔ̃/	redevenez /ʁə.də.v(ə).ne/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of être + past participle	—	simple imperative of être + past participle	simple imperative of être + 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

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