réprimer

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See also: reprimer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reprimō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.pʁi.me/
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Verb

réprimer

  1. (transitive) to suppress, quell (stop the spread of something considered bad or wrong)
  2. (transitive) to repress, stifle (prevent the growth of)
  3. (transitive) to repress, muffle (prevent someone speaking out)
  4. (transitive) to hold back, to stunt (make someone refrain from doing something)
  5. (transitive) to cut down, subdue (reduce the level of, e.g. crime)

Conjugation

Conjugation of réprimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple réprimer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple réprimant
/ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle réprimé
/ʁe.pʁi.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present réprime
/ʁe.pʁim/ 		réprimes
/ʁe.pʁim/ 		réprime
/ʁe.pʁim/ 		réprimons
/ʁe.pʁi.mɔ̃/ 		réprimez
/ʁe.pʁi.me/ 		répriment
/ʁe.pʁim/
imperfect réprimais
/ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/ 		réprimais
/ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/ 		réprimait
/ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/ 		réprimions
/ʁe.pʁi.mjɔ̃/ 		réprimiez
/ʁe.pʁi.mje/ 		réprimaient
/ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/
past historic2 réprimai
/ʁe.pʁi.me/ 		réprimas
/ʁe.pʁi.ma/ 		réprima
/ʁe.pʁi.ma/ 		réprimâmes
/ʁe.pʁi.mam/ 		réprimâtes
/ʁe.pʁi.mat/ 		réprimèrent
/ʁe.pʁi.mɛʁ/
future réprimerai
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁe/ 		réprimeras
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁa/ 		réprimera
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁa/ 		réprimerons
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/ 		réprimerez
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁe/ 		réprimeront
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/
conditional réprimerais
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/ 		réprimerais
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/ 		réprimerait
/ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/ 		réprimerions
/ʁe.pʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		réprimeriez
/ʁe.pʁi.mə.ʁje/ 		réprimeraient
/ʁe.pʁim.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 réprime
/ʁe.pʁim/ 		réprimes
/ʁe.pʁim/ 		réprime
/ʁe.pʁim/ 		réprimions
/ʁe.pʁi.mjɔ̃/ 		réprimiez
/ʁe.pʁi.mje/ 		répriment
/ʁe.pʁim/
imperfect2 réprimasse
/ʁe.pʁi.mas/ 		réprimasses
/ʁe.pʁi.mas/ 		réprimât
/ʁe.pʁi.ma/ 		réprimassions
/ʁe.pʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		réprimassiez
/ʁe.pʁi.ma.sje/ 		réprimassent
/ʁe.pʁi.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — réprime
/ʁe.pʁim/ 		— réprimons
/ʁe.pʁi.mɔ̃/ 		réprimez
/ʁe.pʁi.me/ 		—
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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