réverbérer

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See also: reverberer

French

Etymology

From Latin reverberāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁe/
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Verb

réverbérer

  1. (transitive) to reverberate
  2. (transitive) to reflect (light or sound)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written réverbérer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written réverbèrer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of réverbérer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple réverbérer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple réverbérant
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle réverbéré
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present réverbère
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/ 		réverbères
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/ 		réverbère
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/ 		réverbérons
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁɔ̃/ 		réverbérez
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁe/ 		réverbèrent
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/
imperfect réverbérais
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁɛ/ 		réverbérais
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁɛ/ 		réverbérait
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁɛ/ 		réverbérions
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁjɔ̃/ 		réverbériez
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁje/ 		réverbéraient
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁɛ/
past historic2 réverbérai
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁe/ 		réverbéras
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁa/ 		réverbéra
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁa/ 		réverbérâmes
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁam/ 		réverbérâtes
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁat/ 		réverbérèrent
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁɛʁ/
future réverbèrerai or réverbérerai
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁe/ 		réverbèreras or réverbéreras
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁa/ 		réverbèrera or réverbérera
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁa/ 		réverbèrerons or réverbérerons
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		réverbèrerez or réverbérerez
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁe/ 		réverbèreront or réverbéreront
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional réverbèrerais or réverbérerais
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		réverbèrerais or réverbérerais
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		réverbèrerait or réverbérerait
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁɛ/ 		réverbèrerions or réverbérerions
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		réverbèreriez or réverbéreriez
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.ʁje/ 		réverbèreraient or réverbéreraient
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁə.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 réverbère
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/ 		réverbères
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/ 		réverbère
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/ 		réverbérions
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁjɔ̃/ 		réverbériez
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁje/ 		réverbèrent
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/
imperfect2 réverbérasse
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁas/ 		réverbérasses
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁas/ 		réverbérât
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁa/ 		réverbérassions
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		réverbérassiez
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁa.sje/ 		réverbérassent
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — réverbère
/ʁe.vɛʁ.bɛʁ/ 		— réverbérons
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁɔ̃/ 		réverbérez
/ʁe.vɛʁ.be.ʁe/ 		—
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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