retaper

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ taper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ta.pe/

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Verb

retaper

1. (transitive) to revamp, refurbish
2. (transitive) to retype

Conjugation

Conjugation of retaper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retaper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retapant /ʁə.ta.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retapé /ʁə.ta.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retape /ʁə.tap/	retapes /ʁə.tap/	retape /ʁə.tap/	retapons /ʁə.ta.pɔ̃/	retapez /ʁə.ta.pe/	retapent /ʁə.tap/
	imperfect	retapais /ʁə.ta.pɛ/	retapais /ʁə.ta.pɛ/	retapait /ʁə.ta.pɛ/	retapions /ʁə.ta.pjɔ̃/	retapiez /ʁə.ta.pje/	retapaient /ʁə.ta.pɛ/
	past historic2	retapai /ʁə.ta.pe/	retapas /ʁə.ta.pa/	retapa /ʁə.ta.pa/	retapâmes /ʁə.ta.pam/	retapâtes /ʁə.ta.pat/	retapèrent /ʁə.ta.pɛʁ/
	future	retaperai /ʁə.ta.pʁe/	retaperas /ʁə.ta.pʁa/	retapera /ʁə.ta.pʁa/	retaperons /ʁə.ta.pʁɔ̃/	retaperez /ʁə.ta.pʁe/	retaperont /ʁə.ta.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retaperais /ʁə.ta.pʁɛ/	retaperais /ʁə.ta.pʁɛ/	retaperait /ʁə.ta.pʁɛ/	retaperions /ʁə.ta.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	retaperiez /ʁə.ta.pə.ʁje/	retaperaient /ʁə.ta.pʁɛ/
(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	retape /ʁə.tap/	retapes /ʁə.tap/	retape /ʁə.tap/	retapions /ʁə.ta.pjɔ̃/	retapiez /ʁə.ta.pje/	retapent /ʁə.tap/
	imperfect2	retapasse /ʁə.ta.pas/	retapasses /ʁə.ta.pas/	retapât /ʁə.ta.pa/	retapassions /ʁə.ta.pa.sjɔ̃/	retapassiez /ʁə.ta.pa.sje/	retapassent /ʁə.ta.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retape /ʁə.tap/	—	retapons /ʁə.ta.pɔ̃/	retapez /ʁə.ta.pe/	—
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).

Further reading

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