ravoir
French
Etymology
From Middle French ravoir: equivalent to re- + avoir.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.vwaʁ/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -aʁ
Verb
ravoir (defective)
- (chiefly North America) to have once again, to re-acquire
Conjugation
Generally only used in the infinitive.
Conjugation of ravoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | ravoir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rayant /ʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁe.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | reu /ʁy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rai /ʁe/ |
ras /ʁa/ |
ra /ʁa/ |
ravons /ʁa.vɔ̃/ |
ravez /ʁa.ve/ |
ront /ʁɔ̃/ |
| imperfect | ravais /ʁa.vɛ/ |
ravais /ʁa.vɛ/ |
ravait /ʁa.vɛ/ |
ravions /ʁa.vjɔ̃/ |
raviez /ʁa.vje/ |
ravaient /ʁa.vɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | reus /ʁy/ |
reus /ʁy/ |
reut /ʁy/ |
reûmes /ʁym/ |
reûtes /ʁyt/ |
reurent /ʁyʁ/ | |
| future | raurai /ʁɔ.ʁe/ or /ʁo.ʁe/ |
rauras /ʁɔ.ʁa/ or /ʁo.ʁa/ |
raura /ʁɔ.ʁa/ or /ʁo.ʁa/ |
raurons /ʁɔ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁo.ʁɔ̃/ |
raurez /ʁɔ.ʁe/ or /ʁo.ʁe/ |
rauront /ʁɔ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁo.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | raurais /ʁɔ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁo.ʁɛ/ |
raurais /ʁɔ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁo.ʁɛ/ |
raurait /ʁɔ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁo.ʁɛ/ |
raurions /ʁɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁo.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rauriez /ʁɔ.ʁje/ or /ʁo.ʁje/ |
rauraient /ʁɔ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁo.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 | raie /ʁɛ/ |
raies /ʁɛ/ |
rait /ʁɛ/ |
rayons /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/ |
rayez /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/ |
raient /ʁɛ/ |
| imperfect2 | reusse /ʁys/ |
reusses /ʁys/ |
reût /ʁy/ |
reussions /ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
reussiez /ʁy.sje/ |
reussent /ʁys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | raie /ʁɛ/ |
— | rayons /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/ |
rayez /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.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
- “ravoir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle French
Etymology
Verb
ravoir