refermer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ fermer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/
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Verb

refermer

  1. to reclose
  2. (reflexive) (wound) to heal

Conjugation

Conjugation of refermer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple refermer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple refermant
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle refermé
/ʁə.fɛʁ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/ 		refermes
/ʁə.fɛʁm/ 		referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/ 		refermons
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/ 		refermez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.me/ 		referment
/ʁə.fɛʁm/
imperfect refermais
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/ 		refermais
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/ 		refermait
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/ 		refermions
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ 		refermiez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mje/ 		refermaient
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 refermai
/ʁə.fɛʁ.me/ 		refermas
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/ 		referma
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/ 		refermâmes
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mam/ 		refermâtes
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mat/ 		refermèrent
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛʁ/
future refermerai
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ 		refermeras
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ 		refermera
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/ 		refermerons
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/ 		refermerez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/ 		refermeront
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional refermerais
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		refermerais
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		refermerait
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/ 		refermerions
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		refermeriez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁje/ 		refermeraient
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.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 referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/ 		refermes
/ʁə.fɛʁm/ 		referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/ 		refermions
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/ 		refermiez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mje/ 		referment
/ʁə.fɛʁm/
imperfect2 refermasse
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/ 		refermasses
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/ 		refermât
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/ 		refermassions
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		refermassiez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma.sje/ 		refermassent
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/ 		— refermons
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/ 		refermez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.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:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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