refermer
French
Etymology
From re- + fermer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/
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Verb
refermer
- to reclose
Conjugation
Conjugation of refermer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | refermer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | refermant /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | refermé /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/ | refermes /ʁə.fɛʁm/ | referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/ | refermons /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/ | refermez /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/ | referment /ʁə.fɛʁm/ |
imperfect | refermais /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/ | refermais /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/ | refermait /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/ | refermions /ʁə.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ | refermiez /ʁə.fɛʁ.mje/ | refermaient /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | refermai /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/ | refermas /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/ | referma /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/ | refermâmes /ʁə.fɛʁ.mam/ | refermâtes /ʁə.fɛʁ.mat/ | refermèrent /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛʁ/ | |
future | refermerai /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ | refermeras /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ | refermera /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ | refermerons /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | refermerez /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ | refermeront /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | refermerais /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | refermerais /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | refermerait /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ | refermerions /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | refermeriez /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁje/ | refermeraient /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.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 | referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/ | refermes /ʁə.fɛʁm/ | referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/ | refermions /ʁə.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ | refermiez /ʁə.fɛʁ.mje/ | referment /ʁə.fɛʁm/ |
imperfect2 | refermasse /ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/ | refermasses /ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/ | refermât /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/ | refermassions /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ | refermassiez /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma.sje/ | refermassent /ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/ | — | refermons /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/ | refermez /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/ | — | |
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). |
Further reading
- “refermer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.