réfugier

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See also: refugier

French

Etymology

From refuge +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.fy.ʒje/
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Verb

réfugier

  1. (reflexive) to take refuge
    Les familles riches de la métropole auront eu le temps de fuir et de venir se réfugier dans leurs colonies.
    The rich families of the city will have had time to flee and take refuge in their colonies.
  2. (transitive, dated) to give shelter to someone
  3. (transitive, dated) to protect, to conceal something

Conjugation

Conjugation of réfugier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple réfugier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple réfugiant
/ʁe.fy.ʒjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle réfugié
/ʁe.fy.ʒje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present réfugie
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/ 		réfugies
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/ 		réfugie
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/ 		réfugions
/ʁe.fy.ʒjɔ̃/ 		réfugiez
/ʁe.fy.ʒje/ 		réfugient
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/
imperfect réfugiais
/ʁe.fy.ʒjɛ/ 		réfugiais
/ʁe.fy.ʒjɛ/ 		réfugiait
/ʁe.fy.ʒjɛ/ 		réfugiions
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.jɔ̃/ 		réfugiiez
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.je/ 		réfugiaient
/ʁe.fy.ʒjɛ/
past historic2 réfugiai
/ʁe.fy.ʒje/ 		réfugias
/ʁe.fy.ʒja/ 		réfugia
/ʁe.fy.ʒja/ 		réfugiâmes
/ʁe.fy.ʒjam/ 		réfugiâtes
/ʁe.fy.ʒjat/ 		réfugièrent
/ʁe.fy.ʒjɛʁ/
future réfugierai
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁe/ 		réfugieras
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁa/ 		réfugiera
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁa/ 		réfugierons
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/ 		réfugierez
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁe/ 		réfugieront
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional réfugierais
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁɛ/ 		réfugierais
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁɛ/ 		réfugierait
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁɛ/ 		réfugierions
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		réfugieriez
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.ʁje/ 		réfugieraient
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.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 réfugie
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/ 		réfugies
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/ 		réfugie
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/ 		réfugiions
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.jɔ̃/ 		réfugiiez
/ʁe.fy.ʒi.je/ 		réfugient
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/
imperfect2 réfugiasse
/ʁe.fy.ʒjas/ 		réfugiasses
/ʁe.fy.ʒjas/ 		réfugiât
/ʁe.fy.ʒja/ 		réfugiassions
/ʁe.fy.ʒja.sjɔ̃/ 		réfugiassiez
/ʁe.fy.ʒja.sje/ 		réfugiassent
/ʁe.fy.ʒjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — réfugie
/ʁe.fy.ʒi/ 		— réfugions
/ʁe.fy.ʒjɔ̃/ 		réfugiez
/ʁe.fy.ʒje/ 		—
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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