ressayer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ essayer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.sɛ.je/, /ʁe.se.je/

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Verb

ressayer

1. to retry, to try again

   Synonyms: retenter, réessayer

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of ressayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ressayer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ressayant /ʁe.sɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁe.se.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ressayé /ʁe.sɛ.je/ or /ʁe.se.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ressaye or ressaie /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/	ressayes or ressaies /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/	ressaye or ressaie /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/	ressayons /ʁe.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.se.jɔ̃/	ressayez /ʁe.sɛ.je/ or /ʁe.se.je/	ressayent or ressaient /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/
	imperfect	ressayais /ʁe.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.se.jɛ/	ressayais /ʁe.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.se.jɛ/	ressayait /ʁe.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.se.jɛ/	ressayions /ʁe.sɛj.jɔ̃/	ressayiez /ʁe.sɛj.je/	ressayaient /ʁe.sɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁe.se.jɛ/
	past historic2	ressayai /ʁe.sɛ.je/ or /ʁe.se.je/	ressayas /ʁe.sɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.se.ja/	ressaya /ʁe.sɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.se.ja/	ressayâmes /ʁe.sɛ.jam/ or /ʁe.se.jam/	ressayâtes /ʁe.sɛ.jat/ or /ʁe.se.jat/	ressayèrent /ʁe.sɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ʁe.se.jɛʁ/
	future	ressayerai or ressaierai /ʁe.sɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁe.se.ʁe/	ressayeras or ressaieras /ʁe.sɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁe.se.ʁa/	ressayera or ressaiera /ʁe.sɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁe.se.ʁa/	ressayerons or ressaierons /ʁe.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.se.ʁɔ̃/	ressayerez or ressaierez /ʁe.sɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁe.se.ʁe/	ressayeront or ressaieront /ʁe.sɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.se.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ressayerais or ressaierais /ʁe.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.se.ʁɛ/	ressayerais or ressaierais /ʁe.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.se.ʁɛ/	ressayerait or ressaierait /ʁe.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.se.ʁɛ/	ressayerions or ressaierions /ʁe.sɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.se.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.se.ʁjɔ̃/	ressayeriez or ressaieriez /ʁe.sɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.se.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁe.se.ʁje/	ressayeraient or ressaieraient /ʁe.sɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.sɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.se.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	ressaye or ressaie /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/	ressayes or ressaies /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/	ressaye or ressaie /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/	ressayions /ʁe.sɛj.jɔ̃/	ressayiez /ʁe.sɛj.je/	ressayent or ressaient /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/
	imperfect2	ressayasse /ʁe.sɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.se.jas/	ressayasses /ʁe.sɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.se.jas/	ressayât /ʁe.sɛ.ja/ or /ʁe.se.ja/	ressayassions /ʁe.sɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.se.ja.sjɔ̃/	ressayassiez /ʁe.sɛ.ja.sje/ or /ʁe.se.ja.sje/	ressayassent /ʁe.sɛ.jas/ or /ʁe.se.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ressaye or ressaie /ʁe.sɛj/ or /ʁe.sɛ/	—	ressayons /ʁe.sɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.se.jɔ̃/	ressayez /ʁe.sɛ.je/ or /ʁe.se.je/	—
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).