repêcher

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ pêcher.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɛ.ʃe/, /ʁə.pe.ʃe/
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Verb

repêcher

  1. to fish out, rescue (from water)
    • 2015 October 31, “Migrants : Allemagne restreint les accès à sa frontière avec Autriche”, in Le Monde‎:
      Par ailleurs, quatre enfants syriens âgés d’un à quatre ans ont été repêchés morts dans les eaux turques par les garde-côtes, qui ont sauvé 19 passagers eux aussi en route pour Lesbos, selon l’agence de presse Dogan.
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Conjugation

Conjugation of repêcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple repêcher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple repêchant
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle repêché
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present repêche
/ʁə.pɛʃ/ 		repêches
/ʁə.pɛʃ/ 		repêche
/ʁə.pɛʃ/ 		repêchons
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃɔ̃/ 		repêchez
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃe/ 		repêchent
/ʁə.pɛʃ/
imperfect repêchais
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃɛ/ 		repêchais
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃɛ/ 		repêchait
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃɛ/ 		repêchions
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃjɔ̃/ 		repêchiez
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃje/ 		repêchaient
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃɛ/
past historic2 repêchai
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃe/ 		repêchas
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃa/ 		repêcha
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃa/ 		repêchâmes
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃam/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃam/ 		repêchâtes
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃat/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃat/ 		repêchèrent
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃɛʁ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃɛʁ/
future repêcherai
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁe/ 		repêcheras
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁa/ 		repêchera
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁa/ 		repêcherons
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		repêcherez
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁe/ 		repêcheront
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional repêcherais
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ 		repêcherais
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ 		repêcherait
/ʁə.pɛʃ.ʁɛ/ 		repêcherions
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		repêcheriez
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃə.ʁje/ 		repêcheraient
/ʁə.pɛʃ.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 repêche
/ʁə.pɛʃ/ 		repêches
/ʁə.pɛʃ/ 		repêche
/ʁə.pɛʃ/ 		repêchions
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃjɔ̃/ 		repêchiez
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃje/ 		repêchent
/ʁə.pɛʃ/
imperfect2 repêchasse
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃas/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃas/ 		repêchasses
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃas/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃas/ 		repêchât
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃa/ 		repêchassions
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		repêchassiez
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃa.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃa.sje/ 		repêchassent
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃas/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — repêche
/ʁə.pɛʃ/ 		— repêchons
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃɔ̃/ 		repêchez
/ʁə.pɛ.ʃe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʃe/ 		—
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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