renouer
French
Etymology
re- + nouer
Verb
renouer
- (transitive) to tie in a knot again
- (transitive) to pick up on (a conversation)
- (reflexive, ~ avec) to rekindle a friendship (with), to get back in touch (with)
Conjugation
Conjugation of renouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | renouer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | renouant /ʁə.nwɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renoué /ʁə.nwe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | renoue /ʁə.nu/ | renoues /ʁə.nu/ | renoue /ʁə.nu/ | renouons /ʁə.nwɔ̃/ | renouez /ʁə.nwe/ | renouent /ʁə.nu/ |
| imperfect | renouais /ʁə.nwɛ/ | renouais /ʁə.nwɛ/ | renouait /ʁə.nwɛ/ | renouions /ʁə.nu.jɔ̃/ | renouiez /ʁə.nu.je/ | renouaient /ʁə.nwɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | renouai /ʁə.nwe/ | renouas /ʁə.nwa/ | renoua /ʁə.nwa/ | renouâmes /ʁə.nwam/ | renouâtes /ʁə.nwat/ | renouèrent /ʁə.nwɛʁ/ | |
| future | renouerai /ʁə.nu.ʁe/ | renoueras /ʁə.nu.ʁa/ | renouera /ʁə.nu.ʁa/ | renouerons /ʁə.nu.ʁɔ̃/ | renouerez /ʁə.nu.ʁe/ | renoueront /ʁə.nu.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | renouerais /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/ | renouerais /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/ | renouerait /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/ | renouerions /ʁə.nu.ʁjɔ̃/ | renoueriez /ʁə.nu.ʁje/ | renoueraient /ʁə.nu.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 | renoue /ʁə.nu/ | renoues /ʁə.nu/ | renoue /ʁə.nu/ | renouions /ʁə.nu.jɔ̃/ | renouiez /ʁə.nu.je/ | renouent /ʁə.nu/ |
| imperfect2 | renouasse /ʁə.nwas/ | renouasses /ʁə.nwas/ | renouât /ʁə.nwa/ | renouassions /ʁə.nwa.sjɔ̃/ | renouassiez /ʁə.nwa.sje/ | renouassent /ʁə.nwas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renoue /ʁə.nu/ | — | renouons /ʁə.nwɔ̃/ | renouez /ʁə.nwe/ | — | |
| 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
- dénouer
Further reading
- “renouer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.