racheter
French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French racheter, from Old French rachater. By surface analysis, re- (“re-”) + acheter (“to buy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁaʃ.te/
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Verb
racheter (transitive)
- to buy back
- to buy out, buy off
- to ransom
- (religion) to redeem (from sin)
- (reflexive) to make amends
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il rachète and the third-person singular future indicative il rachètera.
Conjugation of racheter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | racheter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rachetant /ʁaʃ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | racheté /ʁaʃ.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rachète /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
rachètes /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
rachète /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
rachetons /ʁaʃ.tɔ̃/ |
rachetez /ʁaʃ.te/ |
rachètent /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
| imperfect | rachetais /ʁaʃ.tɛ/ |
rachetais /ʁaʃ.tɛ/ |
rachetait /ʁaʃ.tɛ/ |
rachetions /ʁa.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ |
rachetiez /ʁa.ʃə.tje/ |
rachetaient /ʁaʃ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rachetai /ʁaʃ.te/ |
rachetas /ʁaʃ.ta/ |
racheta /ʁaʃ.ta/ |
rachetâmes /ʁaʃ.tam/ |
rachetâtes /ʁaʃ.tat/ |
rachetèrent /ʁaʃ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | rachèterai /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁe/ |
rachèteras /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁa/ |
rachètera /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁa/ |
rachèterons /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/ |
rachèterez /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁe/ |
rachèteront /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rachèterais /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁɛ/ |
rachèterais /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁɛ/ |
rachèterait /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tʁɛ/ |
rachèterions /ʁa.ʃɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rachèteriez /ʁa.ʃɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.ʃe.tə.ʁje/ |
rachèteraient /ʁa.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /ʁa.ʃe.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 | rachète /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
rachètes /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
rachète /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
rachetions /ʁa.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ |
rachetiez /ʁa.ʃə.tje/ |
rachètent /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | rachetasse /ʁaʃ.tas/ |
rachetasses /ʁaʃ.tas/ |
rachetât /ʁaʃ.ta/ |
rachetassions /ʁaʃ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
rachetassiez /ʁaʃ.ta.sje/ |
rachetassent /ʁaʃ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rachète /ʁa.ʃɛt/ |
— | rachetons /ʁaʃ.tɔ̃/ |
rachetez /ʁaʃ.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
Further reading
- “racheter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.