redorer

French

Etymology

re- +‎ dorer

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.dɔ.ʁe/

Verb

redorer

1. (transitive) to regild
2. (transitive) to rehabilitate

Conjugation

Conjugation of redorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	redorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	redorant /ʁə.dɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		redoré /ʁə.dɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	redore /ʁə.dɔʁ/	redores /ʁə.dɔʁ/	redore /ʁə.dɔʁ/	redorons /ʁə.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/	redorez /ʁə.dɔ.ʁe/	redorent /ʁə.dɔʁ/
	imperfect	redorais /ʁə.dɔ.ʁɛ/	redorais /ʁə.dɔ.ʁɛ/	redorait /ʁə.dɔ.ʁɛ/	redorions /ʁə.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	redoriez /ʁə.dɔ.ʁje/	redoraient /ʁə.dɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	redorai /ʁə.dɔ.ʁe/	redoras /ʁə.dɔ.ʁa/	redora /ʁə.dɔ.ʁa/	redorâmes /ʁə.dɔ.ʁam/	redorâtes /ʁə.dɔ.ʁat/	redorèrent /ʁə.dɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	redorerai /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	redoreras /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	redorera /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	redorerons /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	redorerez /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	redoreront /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	redorerais /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	redorerais /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	redorerait /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	redorerions /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	redoreriez /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	redoreraient /ʁə.dɔ.ʁə.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	redore /ʁə.dɔʁ/	redores /ʁə.dɔʁ/	redore /ʁə.dɔʁ/	redorions /ʁə.dɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	redoriez /ʁə.dɔ.ʁje/	redorent /ʁə.dɔʁ/
	imperfect2	redorasse /ʁə.dɔ.ʁas/	redorasses /ʁə.dɔ.ʁas/	redorât /ʁə.dɔ.ʁa/	redorassions /ʁə.dɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	redorassiez /ʁə.dɔ.ʁa.sje/	redorassent /ʁə.dɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	redore /ʁə.dɔʁ/	—	redorons /ʁə.dɔ.ʁɔ̃/	redorez /ʁə.dɔ.ʁe/	—
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

• redorer son blason

Further reading

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