repairer
English
Etymology
repair + -er.
Noun
repairer (plural repairers)
- A person who repairs things.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981, Isaiah 58:12:
- And they that shall be of thee shall build the old waste places: thou shalt raise up the foundations of many generations; and thou shalt be called, The repairer of the breach, The restorer of paths to dwell in.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Walden, New York: Thomas Y. Crowell, 1910, Chapter IV, p. 151-2,
- The men on the freight trains, who go over the whole length of the road, bow to me as to an old acquaintance, they pass me so often, and apparently they take me for an employee; and so I am. I too would fain be a track-repairer somewhere in the orbit of the earth.
- 1987, Nadine Gordimer, A Sport of Nature, New York: Alfred Knopf, p. 168,
- Where the European city grid of right angles was overgrown and broken up by the purposeful tangle of African pursuits—the shortest point-to-point meander taken on foot between barbers and fruit-sellers, scribes and bicycle repairers—to be white was to feel invisible; only a sensuous self-assurance, while it lasted, could counter that.
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Translations
person who repairs
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Anagrams
- Perreira, rare-ripe, rareripe
French
Etymology
From Old French repairier (“to return home”). Doublet of rapatrier.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/, /ʁə.pe.ʁe/
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Verb
repairer
- (obsolete, chiefly of an animal) to go home
Conjugation
Conjugation of repairer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | repairer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | repairant /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | repairé /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | repaire /ʁə.pɛʁ/ | repaires /ʁə.pɛʁ/ | repaire /ʁə.pɛʁ/ | repairons /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɔ̃/ | repairez /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/ | repairent /ʁə.pɛʁ/ |
imperfect | repairais /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ | repairais /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ | repairait /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ | repairions /ʁə.pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ | repairiez /ʁə.pɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁje/ | repairaient /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ | |
past historic2 | repairai /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/ | repairas /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/ | repaira /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/ | repairâmes /ʁə.pɛ.ʁam/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁam/ | repairâtes /ʁə.pɛ.ʁat/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁat/ | repairèrent /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛʁ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛʁ/ | |
future | repairerai /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁe/ | repaireras /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁa/ | repairera /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁa/ | repairerons /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | repairerez /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁe/ | repaireront /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | repairerais /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | repairerais /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | repairerait /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁɛ/ | repairerions /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | repaireriez /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.ʁje/ | repaireraient /ʁə.pɛ.ʁə.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁə.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 | repaire /ʁə.pɛʁ/ | repaires /ʁə.pɛʁ/ | repaire /ʁə.pɛʁ/ | repairions /ʁə.pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ | repairiez /ʁə.pɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁje/ | repairent /ʁə.pɛʁ/ |
imperfect2 | repairasse /ʁə.pɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁas/ | repairasses /ʁə.pɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁas/ | repairât /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/ | repairassions /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ | repairassiez /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa.sje/ | repairassent /ʁə.pɛ.ʁas/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | repaire /ʁə.pɛʁ/ | — | repairons /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɔ̃/ | repairez /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/ | — | |
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). |
Derived terms
- repaire (noun)
Old French
Verb
repairer
- Alternative form of repairier
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of repairer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | repairer | avoir repairé | |||||
gerund | en repairant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
present participle | repairant | ||||||
past participle | repairé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses | present | repair | repaires | repaire | repairons | repairez | repairent |
imperfect | repairoie, repaireie, repairoe, repaireve | repairoies, repaireies, repairoes, repaireves | repairoit, repaireit, repairot, repaireve | repairiiens, repairiens | repairiiez, repairiez | repairoient, repaireient, repairoent, repairevent | |
preterite | repairai | repairas | repaira | repairames | repairastes | repairerent | |
future | repairerai | repaireras | repairera | repairerons | repaireroiz, repairereiz, repairerez | repaireront | |
conditional | repaireroie, repairereie | repaireroies, repairereies | repaireroit, repairereit | repaireriiens, repaireriens | repaireriiez, repaireriez | repaireroient, repairereient | |
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 | repair | repairs | repairt | repairons | repairez | repairent |
imperfect | repairasse | repairasses | repairast | repairissons, repairissiens | repairissoiz, repairissez, repairissiez | repairassent | |
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 | – | |
— | repaire | — | repairons | repairez | — |