renaître

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See also: renaitre

French

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Etymology

From re- +‎ naître (“to be born”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.nɛtʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtʁ

Verb

renaître

  1. (intransitive) to be reborn, to be born again
  2. (intransitive) to reappear, to resurface
  3. (figurative) to rekindle

Conjugation

Conjugation of renaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple renaître
compound être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple renaissant
/ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɑ̃/
compound étant + past participle
past participle rené
/ʁə.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present renais
/ʁə.nɛ/ 		renais
/ʁə.nɛ/ 		renaît
/ʁə.nɛ/ 		renaissons
/ʁə.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɔ̃/ 		renaissez
/ʁə.nɛ.se/ or /ʁə.ne.se/ 		renaissent
/ʁə.nɛs/
imperfect renaissais
/ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/ 		renaissais
/ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/ 		renaissait
/ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/ 		renaissions
/ʁə.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sjɔ̃/ 		renaissiez
/ʁə.nɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.ne.sje/ 		renaissaient
/ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/
past historic2 renaquis
/ʁə.na.ki/ 		renaquis
/ʁə.na.ki/ 		renaquit
/ʁə.na.ki/ 		renaquîmes
/ʁə.na.kim/ 		renaquîtes
/ʁə.na.kit/ 		renaquirent
/ʁə.na.kiʁ/
future renaîtrai
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁe/ 		renaîtras
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁa/ 		renaîtra
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁa/ 		renaîtrons
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɔ̃/ 		renaîtrez
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁe/ 		renaîtront
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɔ̃/
conditional renaîtrais
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/ 		renaîtrais
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/ 		renaîtrait
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/ 		renaîtrions
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		renaîtriez
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁi.je/ 		renaîtraient
/ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of être + past participle
future perfect future of être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present renaisse
/ʁə.nɛs/ 		renaisses
/ʁə.nɛs/ 		renaisse
/ʁə.nɛs/ 		renaissions
/ʁə.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sjɔ̃/ 		renaissiez
/ʁə.nɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.ne.sje/ 		renaissent
/ʁə.nɛs/
imperfect2 renaquisse
/ʁə.na.kis/ 		renaquisses
/ʁə.na.kis/ 		renaquît
/ʁə.na.ki/ 		renaquissions
/ʁə.na.ki.sjɔ̃/ 		renaquissiez
/ʁə.na.ki.sje/ 		renaquissent
/ʁə.na.kis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — renais
/ʁə.nɛ/ 		— renaissons
/ʁə.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɔ̃/ 		renaissez
/ʁə.nɛ.se/ or /ʁə.ne.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of être + past participle — simple imperative of être + past participle simple imperative of être + 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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