repaître

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See also: repaitre

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ paître.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɛtʁ/
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Verb

repaître

  1. (transitive, obsolete) to feed
  2. (transitive, obsolete, figurative) to glut, to sate
    • 1640, Pierre Corneille, Horace, act 4, scene 7:
      Viens repaître tes yeux d’un spectacle si doux
      Come feast your eyes on this touching scene
  3. (intransitive, obsolete) to eat
  4. (literary, takes a reflexive pronoun) to feed on, to feast on
    • 2020, Leigh Bardugo, Grisha, page 23:
      Longues griffes crasseuses, ailes tannées et plusieurs rangées de dents affûtées comme des rasoirs pour se repaître de chair humaine.
      Long, filthy claws, leathery wings, and rows of razor-sharp teeth for feasting on human flesh.

Conjugation

This verb is not conjugated in certain tenses.

Conjugation of repaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple repaître
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple repaissant
/ʁə.pɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle repu
/ʁə.py/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present repais
/ʁə.pɛ/ 		repais
/ʁə.pɛ/ 		repaît
/ʁə.pɛ/ 		repaissons
/ʁə.pɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sɔ̃/ 		repaissez
/ʁə.pɛ.se/ or /ʁə.pe.se/ 		repaissent
/ʁə.pɛs/
imperfect repaissais
/ʁə.pɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.sɛ/ 		repaissais
/ʁə.pɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.sɛ/ 		repaissait
/ʁə.pɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.sɛ/ 		repaissions
/ʁə.pɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sjɔ̃/ 		repaissiez
/ʁə.pɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.sje/ 		repaissaient
/ʁə.pɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.sɛ/
past historic2 repus
/ʁə.py/ 		repus
/ʁə.py/ 		reput
/ʁə.py/ 		repûmes
/ʁə.pym/ 		repûtes
/ʁə.pyt/ 		repurent
/ʁə.pyʁ/
future repaîtrai
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁe/ 		repaîtras
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁa/ 		repaîtra
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁa/ 		repaîtrons
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɔ̃/ 		repaîtrez
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁe/ 		repaîtront
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional repaîtrais
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɛ/ 		repaîtrais
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɛ/ 		repaîtrait
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɛ/ 		repaîtrions
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		repaîtriez
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁi.je/ 		repaîtraient
/ʁə.pɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.tʁɛ/
(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 repaisse
/ʁə.pɛs/ 		repaisses
/ʁə.pɛs/ 		repaisse
/ʁə.pɛs/ 		repaissions
/ʁə.pɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sjɔ̃/ 		repaissiez
/ʁə.pɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.sje/ 		repaissent
/ʁə.pɛs/
imperfect2 repusse
/ʁə.pys/ 		repusses
/ʁə.pys/ 		repût
/ʁə.py/ 		repussions
/ʁə.py.sjɔ̃/ 		repussiez
/ʁə.py.sje/ 		repussent
/ʁə.pys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — repais
/ʁə.pɛ/ 		— repaissons
/ʁə.pɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.sɔ̃/ 		repaissez
/ʁə.pɛ.se/ or /ʁə.pe.se/ 		—
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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