renaître
See also: renaitre
French
Alternative forms
- renaitre
Etymology
From re- + naître (“to be born”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.nɛtʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtʁ
Verb
renaître
- (intransitive) to be reborn, to be born again
- (intransitive) to reappear, to resurface
- (figuratively) to rekindle
Conjugation
Conjugation of renaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | renaître | |||||
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compound | être + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | renaissant /ʁə.nɛ.sɑ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | étant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | rené /ʁə.ne/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | renais /ʁə.nɛ/ | renais /ʁə.nɛ/ | renaît /ʁə.nɛ/ | renaissons /ʁə.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɔ̃/ | renaissez /ʁə.nɛ.se/ or /ʁə.ne.se/ | renaissent /ʁə.nɛs/ |
imperfect | renaissais /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/ | renaissais /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/ | renaissait /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/ | renaissions /ʁə.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sjɔ̃/ | renaissiez /ʁə.nɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.ne.sje/ | renaissaient /ʁə.nɛ.sɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | renaquis /ʁə.na.ki/ | renaquis /ʁə.na.ki/ | renaquit /ʁə.na.ki/ | renaquîmes /ʁə.na.kim/ | renaquîtes /ʁə.na.kit/ | renaquirent /ʁə.na.kiʁ/ | |
future | renaîtrai /ʁə.nɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁe/ | renaîtras /ʁə.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁa/ | renaîtra /ʁə.nɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁa/ | renaîtrons /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɔ̃/ | renaîtrez /ʁə.nɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁe/ | renaîtront /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | renaîtrais /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/ | renaîtrais /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/ | renaîtrait /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/ | renaîtrions /ʁə.nɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | renaîtriez /ʁə.nɛ.tʁi.je/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁi.je/ | renaîtraient /ʁə.nɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.ne.tʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of être + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of être + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of être + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of être + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | renaisse /ʁə.nɛs/ | renaisses /ʁə.nɛs/ | renaisse /ʁə.nɛs/ | renaissions /ʁə.nɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sjɔ̃/ | renaissiez /ʁə.nɛ.sje/ or /ʁə.ne.sje/ | renaissent /ʁə.nɛs/ |
imperfect2 | renaquisse /ʁə.na.kis/ | renaquisses /ʁə.na.kis/ | renaquît /ʁə.na.ki/ | renaquissions /ʁə.na.ki.sjɔ̃/ | renaquissiez /ʁə.na.ki.sje/ | renaquissent /ʁə.na.kis/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of être + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | renais /ʁə.nɛ/ | — | renaissons /ʁə.nɛ.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.ne.sɔ̃/ | renaissez /ʁə.nɛ.se/ or /ʁə.ne.se/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | — | simple imperative of être + past participle | simple imperative of 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
- renaître de ses cendres
Related terms
- naître
- renaissance
Further reading
- “renaître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- enterrai, entrerai, erraient, inertera, renterai