repayer
English
Etymology
repay + -er
Noun
repayer (plural repayers)
- One who repays.
- 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow:
- But take my hand. We shall go softly, never fear. I owe you a life; I am a good repayer, Jack, of good or evil.
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Anagrams
- Pereyra
French
Etymology
re- + payer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.pɛ.je/, /ʁə.pe.je/
Audio (file)
Verb
repayer
- to pay again
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer, the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).
Conjugation of repayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | repayer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | repayant /ʁə.pɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | repayé /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ | repayes or repaies /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ | repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ | repayons /ʁə.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɔ̃/ | repayez /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ | repayent or repaient /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
| imperfect | repayais /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ | repayais /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ | repayait /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ | repayions /ʁə.pɛj.jɔ̃/ | repayiez /ʁə.pɛj.je/ | repayaient /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | repayai /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ | repayas /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ | repaya /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ | repayâmes /ʁə.pɛ.jam/ or /ʁə.pe.jam/ | repayâtes /ʁə.pɛ.jat/ or /ʁə.pe.jat/ | repayèrent /ʁə.pɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | repayerai or repaierai /ʁə.pɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/ | repayeras or repaieras /ʁə.pɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/ | repayera or repaiera /ʁə.pɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/ | repayerons or repaierons /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɔ̃/ | repayerez or repaierez /ʁə.pɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/ | repayeront or repaieront /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | repayerais or repaierais /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ | repayerais or repaierais /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ | repayerait or repaierait /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/ | repayerions or repaierions /ʁə.pɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁjɔ̃/ | repayeriez or repaieriez /ʁə.pɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁje/ | repayeraient or repaieraient /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.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 | repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ | repayes or repaies /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ | repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ | repayions /ʁə.pɛj.jɔ̃/ | repayiez /ʁə.pɛj.je/ | repayent or repaient /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | repayasse /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/ | repayasses /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/ | repayât /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/ | repayassions /ʁə.pɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ja.sjɔ̃/ | repayassiez /ʁə.pɛ.ja.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.ja.sje/ | repayassent /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | repaye or repaie /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/ | — | repayons /ʁə.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɔ̃/ | repayez /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/ | — | |
| 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
- repayeur
Further reading
- “repayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.