rétribuer
French
Etymology
From Latin rētribuere, present active infinitive of rētribuō (“I give back, return, repay; I recompense”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/
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Verb
rétribuer
- (transitive) to pay (for)
- (transitive) to reward
Conjugation
Conjugation of rétribuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rétribuer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rétribuant /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rétribué /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/ | rétribues /ʁe.tʁi.by/ | rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/ | rétribuons /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/ | rétribuez /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/ | rétribuent /ʁe.tʁi.by/ |
| imperfect | rétribuais /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/ | rétribuais /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/ | rétribuait /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/ | rétribuions /ʁe.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/ | rétribuiez /ʁe.tʁi.by.je/ | rétribuaient /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rétribuai /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/ | rétribuas /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/ | rétribua /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/ | rétribuâmes /ʁe.tʁi.bɥam/ | rétribuâtes /ʁe.tʁi.bɥat/ | rétribuèrent /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛʁ/ | |
| future | rétribuerai /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁe/ | rétribueras /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁa/ | rétribuera /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁa/ | rétribuerons /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/ | rétribuerez /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁe/ | rétribueront /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rétribuerais /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ | rétribuerais /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ | rétribuerait /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/ | rétribuerions /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁjɔ̃/ | rétribueriez /ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁje/ | rétribueraient /ʁe.tʁi.by.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 | rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/ | rétribues /ʁe.tʁi.by/ | rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/ | rétribuions /ʁe.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/ | rétribuiez /ʁe.tʁi.by.je/ | rétribuent /ʁe.tʁi.by/ |
| imperfect2 | rétribuasse /ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/ | rétribuasses /ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/ | rétribuât /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/ | rétribuassions /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa.sjɔ̃/ | rétribuassiez /ʁe.tʁi.bɥa.sje/ | rétribuassent /ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rétribue /ʁe.tʁi.by/ | — | rétribuons /ʁe.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/ | rétribuez /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/ | — | |
| 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
- rétribution
Further reading
- “rétribuer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.