répercuter
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin repercutere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/
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Verb
répercuter
- of sound
- (transitive) to echo
- Synonym: réverbérer
- (reflexive) to echo
- Synonyms: résonner, se réverbérer
- (transitive) to echo
- of light
- (transitive) to reflect
- Synonym: refléter
- (reflexive) to be reflected
- Synonym: se refléter
- (transitive) to reflect
- figurative senses
- (transitive) to transmit
- Synonym: transmettre
- (economics, transitive with sur) to carry over, to transfer
- Synonym: reporter
- (reflexive, with sur; figuratively) to affect
- Synonym: agir sur
- (transitive) to transmit
Conjugation
Conjugation of répercuter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | répercuter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | répercutant /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | répercuté /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ | répercutes /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ | répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ | répercutons /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɔ̃/ | répercutez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/ | répercutent /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ |
| imperfect | répercutais /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/ | répercutais /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/ | répercutait /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/ | répercutions /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tjɔ̃/ | répercutiez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tje/ | répercutaient /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | répercutai /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/ | répercutas /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta/ | répercuta /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta/ | répercutâmes /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tam/ | répercutâtes /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tat/ | répercutèrent /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | répercuterai /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁe/ | répercuteras /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁa/ | répercutera /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁa/ | répercuterons /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɔ̃/ | répercuterez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁe/ | répercuteront /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | répercuterais /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ | répercuterais /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ | répercuterait /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ | répercuterions /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | répercuteriez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tə.ʁje/ | répercuteraient /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ | répercutes /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ | répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ | répercutions /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tjɔ̃/ | répercutiez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tje/ | répercutent /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ |
| imperfect2 | répercutasse /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tas/ | répercutasses /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tas/ | répercutât /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta/ | répercutassions /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta.sjɔ̃/ | répercutassiez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.ta.sje/ | répercutassent /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | répercute /ʁe.pɛʁ.kyt/ | — | répercutons /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.tɔ̃/ | répercutez /ʁe.pɛʁ.ky.te/ | — | |
| 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
- percuter
- répercussif
- répercussion
Further reading
- “répercuter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.