renouveler
French
Etymology
From Old French renouveler. Equivalent to re- + nouvel + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.nu.vle/
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Verb
renouveler
- (transitive) to renew
- renouveler son abonnement ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- (reflexive) to reinvent oneself
- Synonym: se réinventer
Conjugation
With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.
Conjugation of renouveler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | renouveler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | renouvelant /ʁə.nu.vlɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | renouvelé /ʁə.nu.vle/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
renouvelles or renouvèles /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
renouvelons /ʁə.nu.vlɔ̃/ |
renouvelez /ʁə.nu.vle/ |
renouvellent or renouvèlent /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
| imperfect | renouvelais /ʁə.nu.vlɛ/ |
renouvelais /ʁə.nu.vlɛ/ |
renouvelait /ʁə.nu.vlɛ/ |
renouvelions /ʁə.nu.və.ljɔ̃/ |
renouveliez /ʁə.nu.və.lje/ |
renouvelaient /ʁə.nu.vlɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | renouvelai /ʁə.nu.vle/ |
renouvelas /ʁə.nu.vla/ |
renouvela /ʁə.nu.vla/ |
renouvelâmes /ʁə.nu.vlam/ |
renouvelâtes /ʁə.nu.vlat/ |
renouvelèrent /ʁə.nu.vlɛʁ/ | |
| future | renouvellerai or renouvèlerai /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁe/ |
renouvelleras or renouvèleras /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁa/ |
renouvellera or renouvèlera /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁa/ |
renouvellerons or renouvèlerons /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ |
renouvellerez or renouvèlerez /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁe/ |
renouvelleront or renouvèleront /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | renouvellerais or renouvèlerais /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
renouvellerais or renouvèlerais /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
renouvellerait or renouvèlerait /ʁə.nu.vɛl.ʁɛ/ |
renouvellerions or renouvèlerions /ʁə.nu.vɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.nu.ve.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
renouvelleriez or renouvèleriez /ʁə.nu.vɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.nu.ve.lə.ʁje/ |
renouvelleraient or renouvèleraient /ʁə.nu.vɛl.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 | renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
renouvelles or renouvèles /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
renouvelions /ʁə.nu.və.ljɔ̃/ |
renouveliez /ʁə.nu.və.lje/ |
renouvellent or renouvèlent /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | renouvelasse /ʁə.nu.vlas/ |
renouvelasses /ʁə.nu.vlas/ |
renouvelât /ʁə.nu.vla/ |
renouvelassions /ʁə.nu.vla.sjɔ̃/ |
renouvelassiez /ʁə.nu.vla.sje/ |
renouvelassent /ʁə.nu.vlas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | renouvelle or renouvèle /ʁə.nu.vɛl/ |
— | renouvelons /ʁə.nu.vlɔ̃/ |
renouvelez /ʁə.nu.vle/ |
— | |
| 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
- “renouveler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
Verb
renouveler
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-els, *-elt are modified to eaus, eaut. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of renouveler (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | renouveler | avoir renouvelé | |||||
| gerund | en renouvelant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
| present participle | renouvelant | ||||||
| past participle | renouvelé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | renouvel | renouveles | renouvele | renouvelons | renouvelez | renouvelent |
| imperfect | renouveloie, renouveleie, renouveloe, renouveleve | renouveloies, renouveleies, renouveloes, renouveleves | renouveloit, renouveleit, renouvelot, renouveleve | renouveliiens, renouveliens | renouveliiez, renouveliez | renouveloient, renouveleient, renouveloent, renouvelevent | |
| preterite | renouvelai | renouvelas | renouvela | renouvelames | renouvelastes | renouvelerent | |
| future | renouvelerai | renouveleras | renouvelera | renouvelerons | renouveleroiz, renouvelereiz, renouvelerez | renouveleront | |
| conditional | renouveleroie, renouvelereie | renouveleroies, renouvelereies | renouveleroit, renouvelereit | renouveleriiens, renouveleriens | renouveleriiez, renouveleriez | renouveleroient, renouvelereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | renouvel | renouveaus | renouveaut | renouvelons | renouvelez | renouvelent |
| imperfect | renouvelasse | renouvelasses | renouvelast | renouvelissons, renouvelissiens | renouvelissoiz, renouvelissez, renouvelissiez | renouvelassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | renouvele | — | renouvelons | renouvelez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: renouveler
- Norman: r'nouv'ler