repasser
French
Etymology
re- + passer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.pa.se/, /ʁə.pɑ.se/
Audio (file)
Verb
repasser
- to iron (to pass an iron over clothing)
- to pass by again
- to redo (an exam, a test)
Usage notes
- This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.
- il a repassé sa chemise
- he ironed his shirt
- je suis repassé par la poste ce matin
- I went by the post office again this morning
Conjugation
Conjugation of repasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | repasser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | repassant /ʁə.pa.sɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | repassé /ʁə.pa.se/ or /ʁə.pɑ.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | repasse /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ | repasses /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ | repasse /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ | repassons /ʁə.pa.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sɔ̃/ | repassez /ʁə.pa.se/ or /ʁə.pɑ.se/ | repassent /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ |
| imperfect | repassais /ʁə.pa.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sɛ/ | repassais /ʁə.pa.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sɛ/ | repassait /ʁə.pa.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sɛ/ | repassions /ʁə.pa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sjɔ̃/ | repassiez /ʁə.pa.sje/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sje/ | repassaient /ʁə.pa.sɛ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | repassai /ʁə.pa.se/ or /ʁə.pɑ.se/ | repassas /ʁə.pa.sa/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sa/ | repassa /ʁə.pa.sa/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sa/ | repassâmes /ʁə.pa.sam/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sam/ | repassâtes /ʁə.pa.sat/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sat/ | repassèrent /ʁə.pa.sɛʁ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | repasserai /ʁə.pa.sʁe/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁe/ | repasseras /ʁə.pa.sʁa/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁa/ | repassera /ʁə.pa.sʁa/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁa/ | repasserons /ʁə.pa.sʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁɔ̃/ | repasserez /ʁə.pa.sʁe/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁe/ | repasseront /ʁə.pa.sʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | repasserais /ʁə.pa.sʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁɛ/ | repasserais /ʁə.pa.sʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁɛ/ | repasserait /ʁə.pa.sʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁɛ/ | repasserions /ʁə.pa.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | repasseriez /ʁə.pa.sə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sə.ʁje/ | repasseraient /ʁə.pa.sʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | repasse /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ | repasses /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ | repasse /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ | repassions /ʁə.pa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sjɔ̃/ | repassiez /ʁə.pa.sje/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sje/ | repassent /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ |
| imperfect2 | repassasse /ʁə.pa.sas/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sas/ | repassasses /ʁə.pa.sas/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sas/ | repassât /ʁə.pa.sa/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sa/ | repassassions /ʁə.pa.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/ | repassassiez /ʁə.pa.sa.sje/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sa.sje/ | repassassent /ʁə.pa.sas/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | repasse /ʁə.pas/ or /ʁə.pɑs/ | — | repassons /ʁə.pa.sɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɑ.sɔ̃/ | repassez /ʁə.pa.se/ or /ʁə.pɑ.se/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir or 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
- fer à repasser
- planche à repasser
- table à repasser
Further reading
- “repasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- pressera
Old French
Verb
repasser
- to retraverse (to traverse again)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of repasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | repasser | avoir repassé | |||||
| gerund | en repassant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | repassant | ||||||
| past participle | repassé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | repas | repasses | repasse | repassons | repassez | repassent |
| imperfect | repassoie, repasseie, repassoe, repasseve | repassoies, repasseies, repassoes, repasseves | repassoit, repasseit, repassot, repasseve | repassiiens, repassiens | repassiiez, repassiez | repassoient, repasseient, repassoent, repassevent | |
| preterite | repassai | repassas | repassa | repassames | repassastes | repasserent | |
| future | repasserai | repasseras | repassera | repasserons | repasseroiz, repassereiz, repasserez | repasseront | |
| conditional | repasseroie, repassereie | repasseroies, repassereies | repasseroit, repassereit | repasseriiens, repasseriens | repasseriiez, repasseriez | repasseroient, repassereient | |
| 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 | repas | repas | repast | repassons | repassez | repassent |
| imperfect | repassasse | repassasses | repassast | repassissons, repassissiens | repassissoiz, repassissez, repassissiez | repassassent | |
| 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 | – | |
| — | repasse | — | repassons | repassez | — | ||
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (repasser, supplement)