relire
French
Etymology
From Middle French relire, from Old French relire. Equivalent to re- + lire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.liʁ/
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Verb
relire
- (transitive) to reread, to read again
- to proofread, to read through (look for mistakes)
Conjugation
Conjugation of relire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | relire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | relisant /ʁə.li.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | relu /ʁə.ly/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | relis /ʁə.li/ | relis /ʁə.li/ | relit /ʁə.li/ | relisons /ʁə.li.zɔ̃/ | relisez /ʁə.li.ze/ | relisent /ʁə.liz/ |
| imperfect | relisais /ʁə.li.zɛ/ | relisais /ʁə.li.zɛ/ | relisait /ʁə.li.zɛ/ | relisions /ʁə.li.zjɔ̃/ | relisiez /ʁə.li.zje/ | relisaient /ʁə.li.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | relus /ʁə.ly/ | relus /ʁə.ly/ | relut /ʁə.ly/ | relûmes /ʁə.lym/ | relûtes /ʁə.lyt/ | relurent /ʁə.lyʁ/ | |
| future | relirai /ʁə.li.ʁe/ | reliras /ʁə.li.ʁa/ | relira /ʁə.li.ʁa/ | relirons /ʁə.li.ʁɔ̃/ | relirez /ʁə.li.ʁe/ | reliront /ʁə.li.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | relirais /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/ | relirais /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/ | relirait /ʁə.li.ʁɛ/ | relirions /ʁə.li.ʁjɔ̃/ | reliriez /ʁə.li.ʁje/ | reliraient /ʁə.li.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 | relise /ʁə.liz/ | relises /ʁə.liz/ | relise /ʁə.liz/ | relisions /ʁə.li.zjɔ̃/ | relisiez /ʁə.li.zje/ | relisent /ʁə.liz/ |
| imperfect2 | relusse /ʁə.lys/ | relusses /ʁə.lys/ | relût /ʁə.ly/ | relussions /ʁə.ly.sjɔ̃/ | relussiez /ʁə.ly.sje/ | relussent /ʁə.lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | relis /ʁə.li/ | — | relisons /ʁə.li.zɔ̃/ | relisez /ʁə.li.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). | |||||||
Related terms
- relecture
- relecteur
Further reading
- “relire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- irréel, lierre, relier
Middle French
Etymology
From Old French relire.
Verb
relire
- (transitive) to reread, to read again
Descendants
- French: relire
Old French
Etymology
re- + lire.
Verb
relire
- (transitive) to reread, to read again
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. 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 relire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | relire | avoir releü, relit | |||||
| gerund | en relisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | relisant | ||||||
| past participle | releü, relit | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | reli | relis | relist | relisons | relisiez | relisent |
| imperfect | relisoie, reliseie | relisoies, reliseies | relisoit, reliseit | relisiiens, relisiens | relisiiez, relisiez | relisoient, reliseient | |
| preterite | relui, relis | releüs, relesis | relut, relist | releümes, relesimes | releüstes, relesistes | relurent, relistrent | |
| future | relirai | reliras | relira | relirons | reliroiz, relireiz, relirez | reliront | |
| conditional | reliroie, relireie | reliroies, relireies | reliroit, relireit | reliriiens, reliriens | reliriiez, reliriez | reliroient, relireient | |
| 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 | relise | relises | relise | relisiens, relisons | relisiez | relisent |
| imperfect | releüsse, relesisse | releüsses, relesisses | releüst, relesist | releüssons, releüssiens, relesissons, relesissiens | releüssoiz, releüssez, releüssiez, relesissoiz, relesissez, relesissiez | releüssent, relesissent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | relis | — | relisons | relisiez | — | ||
Descendants
- Middle French: relire
- French: relire