renvoyer

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French

Etymology

From r- +‎ envoyer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁɑ̃.vwa.je/
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Verb

renvoyer

  1. to resend, retransmit; to send again
  2. to send back (to give back to the original sender)
  3. to give back, throw back, post back, bounce back, swing back etc.
  4. to put off, postpone (an appointment, a duty)
  5. to reflect (i.e. of a reflective surface)
  6. to echo (of sound, to come back)
  7. (transitive) to fire, dismiss, expel a student
  8. (followed by the preposition à) to refer (somebody to something)
  9. to remind (somebody of something)

Conjugation

This verb is one of a few verbs that conjugate like noyer, except in the future and conditional, where they conjugate like voir.

Conjugation of renvoyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple renvoyer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple renvoyant
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle renvoyé
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present renvoie
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/ 		renvoies
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/ 		renvoie
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/ 		renvoyons
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɔ̃/ 		renvoyez
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.je/ 		renvoient
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/
imperfect renvoyais
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ/ 		renvoyais
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ/ 		renvoyait
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ/ 		renvoyions
/ʁɑ̃.vwaj.jɔ̃/ 		renvoyiez
/ʁɑ̃.vwaj.je/ 		renvoyaient
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛ/
past historic2 renvoyai
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.je/ 		renvoyas
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja/ 		renvoya
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja/ 		renvoyâmes
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jam/ 		renvoyâtes
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jat/ 		renvoyèrent
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɛʁ/
future renverrai
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁe/ 		renverras
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁa/ 		renverra
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁa/ 		renverrons
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁɔ̃/ 		renverrez
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁe/ 		renverront
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁɔ̃/
conditional renverrais
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁɛ/ 		renverrais
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁɛ/ 		renverrait
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁɛ/ 		renverrions
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁjɔ̃/ 		renverriez
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.ʁje/ 		renverraient
/ʁɑ̃.vɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ve.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 renvoie
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/ 		renvoies
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/ 		renvoie
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/ 		renvoyions
/ʁɑ̃.vwaj.jɔ̃/ 		renvoyiez
/ʁɑ̃.vwaj.je/ 		renvoient
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/
imperfect2 renvoyasse
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jas/ 		renvoyasses
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jas/ 		renvoyât
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja/ 		renvoyassions
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		renvoyassiez
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.ja.sje/ 		renvoyassent
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — renvoie
/ʁɑ̃.vwa/ 		— renvoyons
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.jɔ̃/ 		renvoyez
/ʁɑ̃.vwa.je/ 		—
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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