renaître

See also: renaitre

French

Alternative forms

• renaitre

Etymology

From re- +‎ naître (“to be born”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.nɛtʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʁ

Verb

renaître

1. (intransitive) to be reborn, to be born again
2. (intransitive) to reappear, to resurface
3. (figurative) to rekindle

Usage notes

• In spoken French, the compound tenses are rarely used, without doubt owing to the homophony of the past participle, rené, with the name René. e.g.:

  2004, Jean-Michel Brèque, transl., Olympos, translation of original by Dan Simmons:

  Et j’aurais récupéré ce que je dois savoir sur ce monde meilleur où je suis renée (René).

  & I would have remembered what I need to know about this better world where I was reborn (am René).

Conjugation

Conjugation of renaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renaître
	compound	être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	renaissant /ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɑ̃/
	compound	étant + past participle
past participle		rené /ʁə.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renais /ʁə.nɛ/	renais /ʁə.nɛ/	renaît /ʁə.nɛ/	renaissons /ʁə.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɔ̃/	renaissez /ʁə.nɛ.se/ or /ʁə.ne.se/	renaissent /ʁə.nɛs/
	imperfect	renaissais /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/	renaissais /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/	renaissait /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/	renaissions /ʁə.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sjɔ̃/	renaissiez /ʁə.nɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.ne.sje/	renaissaient /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/
	past historic2	renaquis /ʁə.na.ki/	renaquis /ʁə.na.ki/	renaquit /ʁə.na.ki/	renaquîmes /ʁə.na.kim/	renaquîtes /ʁə.na.kit/	renaquirent /ʁə.na.kiʁ/
	future	renaîtrai /ʁə.nɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁe/	renaîtras /ʁə.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁa/	renaîtra /ʁə.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁa/	renaîtrons /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɔ̃/	renaîtrez /ʁə.nɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁe/	renaîtront /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renaîtrais /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/	renaîtrais /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/	renaîtrait /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/	renaîtrions /ʁə.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/	renaîtriez /ʁə.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁi.je/	renaîtraient /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/
(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	renaisse /ʁə.nɛs/	renaisses /ʁə.nɛs/	renaisse /ʁə.nɛs/	renaissions /ʁə.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sjɔ̃/	renaissiez /ʁə.nɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.ne.sje/	renaissent /ʁə.nɛs/
	imperfect2	renaquisse /ʁə.na.kis/	renaquisses /ʁə.na.kis/	renaquît /ʁə.na.ki/	renaquissions /ʁə.na.ki.sjɔ̃/	renaquissiez /ʁə.na.ki.sje/	renaquissent /ʁə.na.kis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renais /ʁə.nɛ/	—	renaissons /ʁə.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɔ̃/	renaissez /ʁə.nɛ.se/ or /ʁə.ne.se/	—
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).

Derived terms

• renaître de ses cendres

Related terms

• naître
• renaissance

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enterrai, entrerai, erraient, inertera, renterai