repayer

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English

Etymology

From repay +‎ -er.

Noun

repayer (plural repayers)

  1. One who repays.
    • 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow:
      But take my hand. We shall go softly, never fear. I owe you a life; I am a good repayer, Jack, of good or evil.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ payer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɛ.je/ ~ /ʁə.pe.je/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

repayer

  1. to pay again

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

Conjugation of repayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple repayer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple repayant
/ʁə.pɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle repayé
/ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present repaye or repaie
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ 		repayes or repaies
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ 		repaye or repaie
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ 		repayons
/ʁə.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɔ̃/ 		repayez
/ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ 		repayent or repaient
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/
imperfect repayais
/ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ 		repayais
/ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ 		repayait
/ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ 		repayions
/ʁə.pɛj.jɔ̃/ 		repayiez
/ʁə.pɛj.je/ 		repayaient
/ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/
past historic2 repayai
/ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ 		repayas
/ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ 		repaya
/ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ 		repayâmes
/ʁə.pɛ.jam/ or /ʁə.pe.jam/ 		repayâtes
/ʁə.pɛ.jat/ or /ʁə.pe.jat/ 		repayèrent
/ʁə.pɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛʁ/
future repayerai or repaierai
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/ 		repayeras or repaieras
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/ 		repayera or repaiera
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/ 		repayerons or repaierons
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɔ̃/ 		repayerez or repaierez
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/ 		repayeront or repaieront
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɔ̃/
conditional repayerais or repaierais
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ 		repayerais or repaierais
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ 		repayerait or repaierait
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ 		repayerions or repaierions
/ʁə.pɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		repayeriez or repaieriez
/ʁə.pɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁje/ 		repayeraient or repaieraient
/ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.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 repaye or repaie
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ 		repayes or repaies
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ 		repaye or repaie
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ 		repayions
/ʁə.pɛj.jɔ̃/ 		repayiez
/ʁə.pɛj.je/ 		repayent or repaient
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/
imperfect2 repayasse
/ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/ 		repayasses
/ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/ 		repayât
/ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ 		repayassions
/ʁə.pɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ja.sjɔ̃/ 		repayassiez
/ʁə.pɛ.ja.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.ja.sje/ 		repayassent
/ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — repaye or repaie
/ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ 		— repayons
/ʁə.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɔ̃/ 		repayez
/ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.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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