réprimer
See also: reprimer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin reprimō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.pʁi.me/
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Verb
réprimer
- (transitive) to suppress, quell (stop the spread of something considered bad or wrong)
- (transitive) to repress, stifle (prevent the growth of)
- (transitive) to repress, muffle (prevent someone speaking out)
- (transitive) to hold back, to stunt (make someone refrain from doing something)
- (transitive) to cut down, subdue (reduce the level of, e.g. crime)
Conjugation
Conjugation of réprimer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | réprimer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | réprimant /ʁe.pʁi.mɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | réprimé /ʁe.pʁi.me/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | réprime /ʁe.pʁim/ | réprimes /ʁe.pʁim/ | réprime /ʁe.pʁim/ | réprimons /ʁe.pʁi.mɔ̃/ | réprimez /ʁe.pʁi.me/ | répriment /ʁe.pʁim/ |
imperfect | réprimais /ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/ | réprimais /ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/ | réprimait /ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/ | réprimions /ʁe.pʁi.mjɔ̃/ | réprimiez /ʁe.pʁi.mje/ | réprimaient /ʁe.pʁi.mɛ/ | |
past historic2 | réprimai /ʁe.pʁi.me/ | réprimas /ʁe.pʁi.ma/ | réprima /ʁe.pʁi.ma/ | réprimâmes /ʁe.pʁi.mam/ | réprimâtes /ʁe.pʁi.mat/ | réprimèrent /ʁe.pʁi.mɛʁ/ | |
future | réprimerai /ʁe.pʁim.ʁe/ | réprimeras /ʁe.pʁim.ʁa/ | réprimera /ʁe.pʁim.ʁa/ | réprimerons /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/ | réprimerez /ʁe.pʁim.ʁe/ | réprimeront /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | réprimerais /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/ | réprimerais /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/ | réprimerait /ʁe.pʁim.ʁɛ/ | réprimerions /ʁe.pʁi.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ | réprimeriez /ʁe.pʁi.mə.ʁje/ | réprimeraient /ʁe.pʁim.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 | réprime /ʁe.pʁim/ | réprimes /ʁe.pʁim/ | réprime /ʁe.pʁim/ | réprimions /ʁe.pʁi.mjɔ̃/ | réprimiez /ʁe.pʁi.mje/ | répriment /ʁe.pʁim/ |
imperfect2 | réprimasse /ʁe.pʁi.mas/ | réprimasses /ʁe.pʁi.mas/ | réprimât /ʁe.pʁi.ma/ | réprimassions /ʁe.pʁi.ma.sjɔ̃/ | réprimassiez /ʁe.pʁi.ma.sje/ | réprimassent /ʁe.pʁi.mas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | réprime /ʁe.pʁim/ | — | réprimons /ʁe.pʁi.mɔ̃/ | réprimez /ʁe.pʁi.me/ | — | |
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
- répressif
- répression
Further reading
- “réprimer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.