refaire
French
Etymology
re- + faire
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.fɛʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛʁ
Verb
refaire
- (transitive) to redo, to do over, to do again
- 2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire
- Si c'était à refaire […] je suivrais mes traces dans la poussière.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Si c'était à refaire, que ferais-tu différemment ?
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- 2018, Zaz, Si c'était à refaire
- (transitive) to remake, to recreate, to make more of, to reproduce
- (transitive) to restore, to renovate, to make (like) brand new
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, se refaire) to get reaccustomed to
- (takes a reflexive pronoun, se refaire) to freshen up, to recuperate
Conjugation
Conjugation of refaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | refaire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | refaisant /ʁə.f(ə).zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | refait /ʁə.fɛ/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | refais /ʁə.fɛ/ | refais /ʁə.fɛ/ | refait /ʁə.fɛ/ | refaisons /ʁə.f(ə).zɔ̃/ | refaites /ʁə.fɛt/ | refont /ʁə.fɔ̃/ |
| imperfect | refaisais /ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | refaisais /ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | refaisait /ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | refaisions /ʁə.fə.zjɔ̃/ | refaisiez /ʁə.fə.zje/ | refaisaient /ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | refis /ʁə.fi/ | refis /ʁə.fi/ | refit /ʁə.fi/ | refîmes /ʁə.fim/ | refîtes /ʁə.fit/ | refirent /ʁə.fiʁ/ | |
| future | referai /ʁə.f(ə).ʁe/ | referas /ʁə.f(ə).ʁa/ | refera /ʁə.f(ə).ʁa/ | referons /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɔ̃/ | referez /ʁə.f(ə).ʁe/ | referont /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | referais /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ | referais /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ | referait /ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ | referions /ʁə.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | referiez /ʁə.fə.ʁje/ | referaient /ʁə.f(ə).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 | refasse /ʁə.fas/ | refasses /ʁə.fas/ | refasse /ʁə.fas/ | refassions /ʁə.fa.sjɔ̃/ | refassiez /ʁə.fa.sje/ | refassent /ʁə.fas/ |
| imperfect2 | refisse /ʁə.fis/ | refisses /ʁə.fis/ | refît /ʁə.fi/ | refissions /ʁə.fi.sjɔ̃/ | refissiez /ʁə.fi.sje/ | refissent /ʁə.fis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | refais /ʁə.fɛ/ | — | refaisons /ʁə.f(ə).zɔ̃/ | refaites /ʁə.fɛt/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Conjugation of se refaire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se refaire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se refaisant /sə ʁə.f(ə).zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | refait /ʁə.fɛ/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me refais /mə ʁə.fɛ/ | te refais /tə ʁə.fɛ/ | se refait /sə ʁə.fɛ/ | nous refaisons /nu ʁə.f(ə).zɔ̃/ | vous refaites /vu ʁə.fɛt/ | se refont /sə ʁə.fɔ̃/ |
| imperfect | me refaisais /mə ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | te refaisais /tə ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | se refaisait /sə ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | nous refaisions /nu ʁə.fə.zjɔ̃/ | vous refaisiez /vu ʁə.fə.zje/ | se refaisaient /sə ʁə.f(ə).zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me refis /mə ʁə.fi/ | te refis /tə ʁə.fi/ | se refit /sə ʁə.fi/ | nous refîmes /nu ʁə.fim/ | vous refîtes /vu ʁə.fit/ | se refirent /sə ʁə.fiʁ/ | |
| future | me referai /mə ʁə.f(ə).ʁe/ | te referas /tə ʁə.f(ə).ʁa/ | se refera /sə ʁə.f(ə).ʁa/ | nous referons /nu ʁə.f(ə).ʁɔ̃/ | vous referez /vu ʁə.f(ə).ʁe/ | se referont /sə ʁə.f(ə).ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me referais /mə ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ | te referais /tə ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ | se referait /sə ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ | nous referions /nu ʁə.fə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous referiez /vu ʁə.fə.ʁje/ | se referaient /sə ʁə.f(ə).ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me refasse /mə ʁə.fas/ | te refasses /tə ʁə.fas/ | se refasse /sə ʁə.fas/ | nous refassions /nu ʁə.fa.sjɔ̃/ | vous refassiez /vu ʁə.fa.sje/ | se refassent /sə ʁə.fas/ |
| imperfect2 | me refisse /mə ʁə.fis/ | te refisses /tə ʁə.fis/ | se refît /sə ʁə.fi/ | nous refissions /nu ʁə.fi.sjɔ̃/ | vous refissiez /vu ʁə.fi.sje/ | se refissent /sə ʁə.fis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | refais-toi /ʁə.fɛ.twa/ | — | refaisons-nous /ʁə.f(ə).zɔ̃.nu/ | refaites-vous /ʁə.fɛt.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
- refaire le monde
- refaire le portrait
- refaire sa vie
- refaire surface
- se refaire la main
Related terms
- refait
Further reading
- “refaire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- fériera, raréfié, referai, référai
Old French
Verb
refaire
- to redo; to do again
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of refaire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | refaire | avoir refait | |||||
| gerund | en refaisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | refaisant | ||||||
| past participle | refait | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | refaz, refai | refais | refait | refaimes, refaisons | refaites | refont |
| imperfect | refaisoie, refaiseie | refaisoies, refaiseies | refaisoit, refaiseit | refaisiiens, refaisiens | refaisiiez, refaisiez | refaisoient, refaiseient | |
| preterite | refis | refeṣis | refist | refeṣimes | refeṣistes | refirent | |
| future | referai | referas | refera | referons | referoiz, refereiz, referez | referont | |
| conditional | referoie, refereie | referoies, refereies | referoit, refereit | referiiens, referiens | referiiez, referiez | referoient, refereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | reface | refaces | reface | refaciens, refaçons | refaciez | refacent |
| imperfect | refeṣisse | refeṣisses | refeṣist | refeṣissons, refeṣissiens | refeṣissoiz, refeṣissez, refeṣissiez | refeṣissent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | refa | — | refaimes, refaisons | refaites | — | ||
Descendants
- refaire