redevoir

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ devoir.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.də.vwaʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -waʁ

Verb

redevoir

  1. to owe again
    Vous me redevez cinq euros ― you owe me five euros again
  2. (rare or obsolete) to have to again

Usage notes

  • It's more usual in contemporary French to use devoir with re- in front of the verb, or use à nouveau or de nouveau.
  • The past participle redû is sometimes found, formed by analogy with the past participle dû of devoir (whose circumflex is present solely to distinguish the word from du).

Conjugation

Conjugation of redevoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple redevoir
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple redevant
/ʁə.d(ə).vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle redu
/ʁə.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present redois
/ʁə.dwa/ 		redois
/ʁə.dwa/ 		redoit
/ʁə.dwa/ 		redevons
/ʁə.d(ə).vɔ̃/ 		redevez
/ʁə.d(ə).ve/ 		redoivent
/ʁə.dwav/
imperfect redevais
/ʁə.d(ə).vɛ/ 		redevais
/ʁə.d(ə).vɛ/ 		redevait
/ʁə.d(ə).vɛ/ 		redevions
/ʁə.də.vjɔ̃/ 		redeviez
/ʁə.də.vje/ 		redevaient
/ʁə.d(ə).vɛ/
past historic2 redus
/ʁə.dy/ 		redus
/ʁə.dy/ 		redut
/ʁə.dy/ 		redûmes
/ʁə.dym/ 		redûtes
/ʁə.dyt/ 		redurent
/ʁə.dyʁ/
future redevrai
/ʁə.də.vʁe/ 		redevras
/ʁə.də.vʁa/ 		redevra
/ʁə.də.vʁa/ 		redevrons
/ʁə.də.vʁɔ̃/ 		redevrez
/ʁə.də.vʁe/ 		redevront
/ʁə.də.vʁɔ̃/
conditional redevrais
/ʁə.də.vʁɛ/ 		redevrais
/ʁə.də.vʁɛ/ 		redevrait
/ʁə.də.vʁɛ/ 		redevrions
/ʁə.də.vʁi.jɔ̃/ 		redevriez
/ʁə.də.vʁi.je/ 		redevraient
/ʁə.də.vʁɛ/
(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 redoive
/ʁə.dwav/ 		redoives
/ʁə.dwav/ 		redoive
/ʁə.dwav/ 		redevions
/ʁə.də.vjɔ̃/ 		redeviez
/ʁə.də.vje/ 		redoivent
/ʁə.dwav/
imperfect2 redusse
/ʁə.dys/ 		redusses
/ʁə.dys/ 		redût
/ʁə.dy/ 		redussions
/ʁə.dy.sjɔ̃/ 		redussiez
/ʁə.dy.sje/ 		redussent
/ʁə.dys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — redois
/ʁə.dwa/ 		— redevons
/ʁə.d(ə).vɔ̃/ 		redevez
/ʁə.d(ə).ve/ 		—
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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