réemployer
French
Etymology
ré- + employer
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.je/
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Verb
réemployer
- (transitive) to reuse
- (transitive) to reemploy
- (transitive) to reinvest (money)
Conjugation
This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.
Conjugation of réemployer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | réemployer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | réemployant /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | réemployé /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | réemploie /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ | réemploies /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ | réemploie /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ | réemployons /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jɔ̃/ | réemployez /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.je/ | réemploient /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ |
| imperfect | réemployais /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jɛ/ | réemployais /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jɛ/ | réemployait /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jɛ/ | réemployions /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwaj.jɔ̃/ | réemployiez /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwaj.je/ | réemployaient /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | réemployai /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.je/ | réemployas /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ja/ | réemploya /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ja/ | réemployâmes /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jam/ | réemployâtes /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jat/ | réemployèrent /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | réemploierai /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁe/ | réemploieras /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁa/ | réemploiera /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁa/ | réemploierons /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɔ̃/ | réemploierez /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁe/ | réemploieront /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | réemploierais /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɛ/ | réemploierais /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɛ/ | réemploierait /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁɛ/ | réemploierions /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁjɔ̃/ | réemploieriez /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ʁje/ | réemploieraient /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.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 | réemploie /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ | réemploies /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ | réemploie /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ | réemployions /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwaj.jɔ̃/ | réemployiez /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwaj.je/ | réemploient /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ |
| imperfect2 | réemployasse /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jas/ | réemployasses /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jas/ | réemployât /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ja/ | réemployassions /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ja.sjɔ̃/ | réemployassiez /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.ja.sje/ | réemployassent /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | réemploie /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa/ | — | réemployons /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.jɔ̃/ | réemployez /ʁe.ɑ̃.plwa.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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “réemployer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.