rétracter

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin retractāre (“to undertake again; to withdraw, refuse, decline; to retract”), from Latin retractus (“withdrawn”), perfect passive participle of retrahō (“to draw or pull back, withdraw; to call back, remove”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.tʁak.te/
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Verb

rétracter

  1. (transitive) to retract, contract

Conjugation

Conjugation of rétracter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rétracter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rétractant
/ʁe.tʁak.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rétracté
/ʁe.tʁak.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rétracte
/ʁe.tʁakt/ 		rétractes
/ʁe.tʁakt/ 		rétracte
/ʁe.tʁakt/ 		rétractons
/ʁe.tʁak.tɔ̃/ 		rétractez
/ʁe.tʁak.te/ 		rétractent
/ʁe.tʁakt/
imperfect rétractais
/ʁe.tʁak.tɛ/ 		rétractais
/ʁe.tʁak.tɛ/ 		rétractait
/ʁe.tʁak.tɛ/ 		rétractions
/ʁe.tʁak.tjɔ̃/ 		rétractiez
/ʁe.tʁak.tje/ 		rétractaient
/ʁe.tʁak.tɛ/
past historic2 rétractai
/ʁe.tʁak.te/ 		rétractas
/ʁe.tʁak.ta/ 		rétracta
/ʁe.tʁak.ta/ 		rétractâmes
/ʁe.tʁak.tam/ 		rétractâtes
/ʁe.tʁak.tat/ 		rétractèrent
/ʁe.tʁak.tɛʁ/
future rétracterai
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁe/ 		rétracteras
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁa/ 		rétractera
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁa/ 		rétracterons
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		rétracterez
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁe/ 		rétracteront
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rétracterais
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ 		rétracterais
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ 		rétracterait
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁɛ/ 		rétracterions
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rétracteriez
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.ʁje/ 		rétracteraient
/ʁe.tʁak.tə.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 rétracte
/ʁe.tʁakt/ 		rétractes
/ʁe.tʁakt/ 		rétracte
/ʁe.tʁakt/ 		rétractions
/ʁe.tʁak.tjɔ̃/ 		rétractiez
/ʁe.tʁak.tje/ 		rétractent
/ʁe.tʁakt/
imperfect2 rétractasse
/ʁe.tʁak.tas/ 		rétractasses
/ʁe.tʁak.tas/ 		rétractât
/ʁe.tʁak.ta/ 		rétractassions
/ʁe.tʁak.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		rétractassiez
/ʁe.tʁak.ta.sje/ 		rétractassent
/ʁe.tʁak.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rétracte
/ʁe.tʁakt/ 		— rétractons
/ʁe.tʁak.tɔ̃/ 		rétractez
/ʁe.tʁak.te/ 		—
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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