réfracter

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French

Pronunciation

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Verb

réfracter

  1. to refract

Conjugation

Conjugation of réfracter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple réfracter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple réfractant
/ʁe.fʁak.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle réfracté
/ʁe.fʁak.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present réfracte
/ʁe.fʁakt/ 		réfractes
/ʁe.fʁakt/ 		réfracte
/ʁe.fʁakt/ 		réfractons
/ʁe.fʁak.tɔ̃/ 		réfractez
/ʁe.fʁak.te/ 		réfractent
/ʁe.fʁakt/
imperfect réfractais
/ʁe.fʁak.tɛ/ 		réfractais
/ʁe.fʁak.tɛ/ 		réfractait
/ʁe.fʁak.tɛ/ 		réfractions
/ʁe.fʁak.tjɔ̃/ 		réfractiez
/ʁe.fʁak.tje/ 		réfractaient
/ʁe.fʁak.tɛ/
past historic2 réfractai
/ʁe.fʁak.te/ 		réfractas
/ʁe.fʁak.ta/ 		réfracta
/ʁe.fʁak.ta/ 		réfractâmes
/ʁe.fʁak.tam/ 		réfractâtes
/ʁe.fʁak.tat/ 		réfractèrent
/ʁe.fʁak.tɛʁ/
future réfracterai
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁe/ 		réfracteras
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁa/ 		réfractera
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁa/ 		réfracterons
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		réfracterez
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁe/ 		réfracteront
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional réfracterais
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ 		réfracterais
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ 		réfracterait
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ 		réfracterions
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		réfracteriez
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.ʁje/ 		réfracteraient
/ʁe.fʁak.tə.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 réfracte
/ʁe.fʁakt/ 		réfractes
/ʁe.fʁakt/ 		réfracte
/ʁe.fʁakt/ 		réfractions
/ʁe.fʁak.tjɔ̃/ 		réfractiez
/ʁe.fʁak.tje/ 		réfractent
/ʁe.fʁakt/
imperfect2 réfractasse
/ʁe.fʁak.tas/ 		réfractasses
/ʁe.fʁak.tas/ 		réfractât
/ʁe.fʁak.ta/ 		réfractassions
/ʁe.fʁak.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		réfractassiez
/ʁe.fʁak.ta.sje/ 		réfractassent
/ʁe.fʁak.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — réfracte
/ʁe.fʁakt/ 		— réfractons
/ʁe.fʁak.tɔ̃/ 		réfractez
/ʁe.fʁak.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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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