rebrousser
French
Etymology
A metathesis of Middle French rebourser, from rebours.
Pronunciation
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Verb
rebrousser
Conjugation
Conjugation of rebrousser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rebrousser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rebroussant /ʁə.bʁu.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rebroussé /ʁə.bʁu.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebrousses /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebroussons /ʁə.bʁu.sɔ̃/ |
rebroussez /ʁə.bʁu.se/ |
rebroussent /ʁə.bʁus/ |
| imperfect | rebroussais /ʁə.bʁu.sɛ/ |
rebroussais /ʁə.bʁu.sɛ/ |
rebroussait /ʁə.bʁu.sɛ/ |
rebroussions /ʁə.bʁu.sjɔ̃/ |
rebroussiez /ʁə.bʁu.sje/ |
rebroussaient /ʁə.bʁu.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rebroussai /ʁə.bʁu.se/ |
rebroussas /ʁə.bʁu.sa/ |
rebroussa /ʁə.bʁu.sa/ |
rebroussâmes /ʁə.bʁu.sam/ |
rebroussâtes /ʁə.bʁu.sat/ |
rebroussèrent /ʁə.bʁu.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | rebrousserai /ʁə.bʁu.sʁe/ |
rebrousseras /ʁə.bʁu.sʁa/ |
rebroussera /ʁə.bʁu.sʁa/ |
rebrousserons /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɔ̃/ |
rebrousserez /ʁə.bʁu.sʁe/ |
rebrousseront /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rebrousserais /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɛ/ |
rebrousserais /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɛ/ |
rebrousserait /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɛ/ |
rebrousserions /ʁə.bʁu.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
rebrousseriez /ʁə.bʁu.sə.ʁje/ |
rebrousseraient /ʁə.bʁu.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebrousses /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
rebroussions /ʁə.bʁu.sjɔ̃/ |
rebroussiez /ʁə.bʁu.sje/ |
rebroussent /ʁə.bʁus/ |
| imperfect2 | rebroussasse /ʁə.bʁu.sas/ |
rebroussasses /ʁə.bʁu.sas/ |
rebroussât /ʁə.bʁu.sa/ |
rebroussassions /ʁə.bʁu.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
rebroussassiez /ʁə.bʁu.sa.sje/ |
rebroussassent /ʁə.bʁu.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rebrousse /ʁə.bʁus/ |
— | rebroussons /ʁə.bʁu.sɔ̃/ |
rebroussez /ʁə.bʁu.se/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “rebrousser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.