retremper

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ tremper.

Pronunciation

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Verb

retremper

1. to soak, dip etc., again
2. to brace up
3. to reenergize

Conjugation

Conjugation of retremper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retremper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retrempant /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retrempé /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retrempe /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/	retrempes /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/	retrempe /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/	retrempons /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/	retrempez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pe/	retrempent /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/
	imperfect	retrempais /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pɛ/	retrempais /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pɛ/	retrempait /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pɛ/	retrempions /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	retrempiez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pje/	retrempaient /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	retrempai /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pe/	retrempas /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pa/	retrempa /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pa/	retrempâmes /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pam/	retrempâtes /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pat/	retrempèrent /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pɛʁ/
	future	retremperai /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁe/	retremperas /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁa/	retrempera /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁa/	retremperons /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/	retremperez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁe/	retremperont /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retremperais /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	retremperais /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	retremperait /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	retremperions /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	retremperiez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pə.ʁje/	retremperaient /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.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	retrempe /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/	retrempes /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/	retrempe /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/	retrempions /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	retrempiez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pje/	retrempent /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/
	imperfect2	retrempasse /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pas/	retrempasses /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pas/	retrempât /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pa/	retrempassions /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/	retrempassiez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pa.sje/	retrempassent /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retrempe /ʁə.tʁɑ̃p/	—	retrempons /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/	retrempez /ʁə.tʁɑ̃.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

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