retenter

French

Etymology

re- +‎ tenter

Verb

retenter

1. to retry, to try again

Conjugation

Conjugation of retenter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retenter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retentant /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retenté /ʁə.tɑ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/	retentes /ʁə.tɑ̃t/	retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/	retentons /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/	retentez /ʁə.tɑ̃.te/	retentent /ʁə.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect	retentais /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛ/	retentais /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛ/	retentait /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛ/	retentions /ʁə.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	retentiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.tje/	retentaient /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	retentai /ʁə.tɑ̃.te/	retentas /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta/	retenta /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta/	retentâmes /ʁə.tɑ̃.tam/	retentâtes /ʁə.tɑ̃.tat/	retentèrent /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	retenterai /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁe/	retenteras /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁa/	retentera /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁa/	retenterons /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/	retenterez /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁe/	retenteront /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retenterais /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	retenterais /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	retenterait /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/	retenterions /ʁə.tɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	retenteriez /ʁə.tɑ̃.tə.ʁje/	retenteraient /ʁə.tɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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	retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/	retentes /ʁə.tɑ̃t/	retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/	retentions /ʁə.tɑ̃.tjɔ̃/	retentiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.tje/	retentent /ʁə.tɑ̃t/
	imperfect2	retentasse /ʁə.tɑ̃.tas/	retentasses /ʁə.tɑ̃.tas/	retentât /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta/	retentassions /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	retentassiez /ʁə.tɑ̃.ta.sje/	retentassent /ʁə.tɑ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retente /ʁə.tɑ̃t/	—	retentons /ʁə.tɑ̃.tɔ̃/	retentez /ʁə.tɑ̃.te/	—
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).

Synonyms

• ressayer, réessayer