recomposer
English
Etymology
recompose + -er
Noun
recomposer (plural recomposers)
- One who recomposes.
- 2002, M. Daniel Carroll R., Amos: The Prophet and His Oracles (page 20)
- To say the recomposers of the book of Amos may not meaningfully do so is to imply that we may not.
- 2002, M. Daniel Carroll R., Amos: The Prophet and His Oracles (page 20)
French
Etymology
From re- + composer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.ze/
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Verb
recomposer
- to reconstruct, reconstitute
Conjugation
Conjugation of recomposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | recomposer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | recomposant /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | recomposé /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | recompose /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ | recomposes /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ | recompose /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ | recomposons /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zɔ̃/ | recomposez /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.ze/ | recomposent /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ |
| imperfect | recomposais /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zɛ/ | recomposais /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zɛ/ | recomposait /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zɛ/ | recomposions /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ | recomposiez /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zje/ | recomposaient /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | recomposai /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.ze/ | recomposas /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.za/ | recomposa /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.za/ | recomposâmes /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zam/ | recomposâtes /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zat/ | recomposèrent /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | recomposerai /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁe/ | recomposeras /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁa/ | recomposera /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁa/ | recomposerons /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | recomposerez /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁe/ | recomposeront /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | recomposerais /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ | recomposerais /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ | recomposerait /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ | recomposerions /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | recomposeriez /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zə.ʁje/ | recomposeraient /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz.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 | recompose /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ | recomposes /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ | recompose /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ | recomposions /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ | recomposiez /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zje/ | recomposent /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ |
| imperfect2 | recomposasse /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zas/ | recomposasses /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zas/ | recomposât /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.za/ | recomposassions /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.za.sjɔ̃/ | recomposassiez /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.za.sje/ | recomposassent /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | recompose /ʁə.kɔ̃.poz/ | — | recomposons /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.zɔ̃/ | recomposez /ʁə.kɔ̃.po.ze/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- famille recomposée
Further reading
- “recomposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.