redire

See also: rediré

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ dire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.diʁ/

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Verb

redire

1. resay, say again

   Il ne faut pas le redire

   You mustn't say it again

2. retell, tell again

   Je te l'ai déjà dit, mais je te le redis

   I've already told you, but I'll tell you again

Conjugation

Conjugation of redire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	redire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	redisant /ʁə.di.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		redit /ʁə.di/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	redis /ʁə.di/	redis /ʁə.di/	redit /ʁə.di/	redisons /ʁə.di.zɔ̃/	redites /ʁə.dit/	redisent /ʁə.diz/
	imperfect	redisais /ʁə.di.zɛ/	redisais /ʁə.di.zɛ/	redisait /ʁə.di.zɛ/	redisions /ʁə.di.zjɔ̃/	redisiez /ʁə.di.zje/	redisaient /ʁə.di.zɛ/
	past historic2	redis /ʁə.di/	redis /ʁə.di/	redit /ʁə.di/	redîmes /ʁə.dim/	redîtes /ʁə.dit/	redirent /ʁə.diʁ/
	future	redirai /ʁə.di.ʁe/	rediras /ʁə.di.ʁa/	redira /ʁə.di.ʁa/	redirons /ʁə.di.ʁɔ̃/	redirez /ʁə.di.ʁe/	rediront /ʁə.di.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	redirais /ʁə.di.ʁɛ/	redirais /ʁə.di.ʁɛ/	redirait /ʁə.di.ʁɛ/	redirions /ʁə.di.ʁjɔ̃/	rediriez /ʁə.di.ʁje/	rediraient /ʁə.di.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	redise /ʁə.diz/	redises /ʁə.diz/	redise /ʁə.diz/	redisions /ʁə.di.zjɔ̃/	redisiez /ʁə.di.zje/	redisent /ʁə.diz/
	imperfect2	redisse /ʁə.dis/	redisses /ʁə.dis/	redît /ʁə.di/	redissions /ʁə.di.sjɔ̃/	redissiez /ʁə.di.sje/	redissent /ʁə.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	redis /ʁə.di/	—	redisons /ʁə.di.zɔ̃/	redites /ʁə.dit/	—
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).

Derived terms

• trouver à redire

Further reading

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

Italian

Alternative forms

• reddire, riedere

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin redīre (“to go back”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reˈdi.re/
• Rhymes: -ire
• Hyphenation: re‧dì‧re

Verb

redìre (first-person singular present rièdo, no past historic, past participle redìto, no imperfect, no future, no imperfect subjunctive, no imperative, auxiliary èssere) (poetic)

1. (intransitive) to return, to go back [auxiliary essere]

   Synonym: ritornare

   • 1300s–1310s, Dante Alighieri, “Canto XIII”, in Inferno [Hell], lines 76–78; republished as Giorgio Petrocchi, editor, La Commedia secondo l'antica vulgata [The Commedia according to the ancient vulgate], 2^nd revised edition, Florence: publ. Le Lettere, 1994:

     « […] E se di voi alcun nel mondo riede / conforti la memoria mia, che giace / ancor nel colpo che ’nvidia le diede.»

     " […] And if any of you returns to the world, comfort my memory, which still lies in the blow that envy dealt."

Conjugation

    Conjugation of redìre (-ire; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)

infinitive	redìre
auxiliary verb		èssere	gerund		redèndo
present participle		redènte	past participle		redìto
person	singular			plural
	first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative	io	tu	lui/lei, esso/essa	noi	voi	loro, essi/esse
present	rièdo	rièdi	riède	rediàmo	redìte	rièdono
imperfect	redìvo	redìvi	redìva	redivàmo	redivàte	redìvano
past historic	redìi	redìsti	redì	redìmmo	redìste	redìrono
future	redirò	redirài	redirà	redirémo	rediréte	redirànno
conditional	redirèi	redirésti	redirèbbe, redirébbe	redirémmo	rediréste	redirèbbero, redirébbero
subjunctive	che io	che tu	che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa	che noi	che voi	che loro, che essi/che esse
present	rièda	rièda	rièda	rediàmo	rediàte	rièdano
imperfect	redìssi	redìssi	redìsse	redìssimo	redìste	redìssero
imperative	—	tu	Lei	noi	voi	Loro
		rièdi	rièda	rediàmo	redìte	rièdano
negative imperative		non redìre	non rièda	non rediàmo	non redìte	non rièdano

Further reading

• “redire”, in Vocabolario Treccani on line (in Italian), Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 2026

Anagrams

• ridere

Latin

Verb

redīre

1. present active infinitive of redeō

Old French

Verb

redire

1. to say again

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of redire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		redire			avoir redit
gerund		en redisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		redisant
past participle		redit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	redi	redis	redit	redimes, redions, redisons	redites	redient
	imperfect	redisoie, rediseie	redisoies, rediseies	redisoit, rediseit	redisiiens, redisiens	redisiiez, redisiez	redisoient, rediseient
	preterite	redis	redesis	redist	redesimes	redesistes	redistrent
	future	redirai	rediras	redira	redirons	rediroiz, redireiz, redirez	rediront
	conditional	rediroie, redireie	rediroies, redireies	rediroit, redireit	rediriiens, rediriens	rediriiez, rediriez	rediroient, redireient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	redïe	redïes	redïe	rediiens, redions, redisiens, redisons	rediiez, redisiez	redïent
	imperfect	redesisse	redesisses	redesist	redesissons, redesissiens	redesissoiz, redesissez, redesissiez	redesissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	redi	—	redimes, redions, redisons	redites	—