retendre

See also: retendré

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ tendre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

retendre

  1. (transitive) to re-tighten

Conjugation

Conjugation of retendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple retendre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple retendant
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle retendu
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present retends
/ʁə.tɑ̃/ 		retends
/ʁə.tɑ̃/ 		retend
/ʁə.tɑ̃/ 		retendons
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		retendez
/ʁə.tɑ̃.de/ 		retendent
/ʁə.tɑ̃d/
imperfect retendais
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		retendais
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		retendait
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dɛ/ 		retendions
/ʁə.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		retendiez
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dje/ 		retendaient
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 retendis
/ʁə.tɑ̃.di/ 		retendis
/ʁə.tɑ̃.di/ 		retendit
/ʁə.tɑ̃.di/ 		retendîmes
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dim/ 		retendîtes
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dit/ 		retendirent
/ʁə.tɑ̃.diʁ/
future retendrai
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁe/ 		retendras
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁa/ 		retendra
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁa/ 		retendrons
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/ 		retendrez
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁe/ 		retendront
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional retendrais
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		retendrais
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		retendrait
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/ 		retendrions
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/ 		retendriez
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁi.je/ 		retendraient
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(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 retende
/ʁə.tɑ̃d/ 		retendes
/ʁə.tɑ̃d/ 		retende
/ʁə.tɑ̃d/ 		retendions
/ʁə.tɑ̃.djɔ̃/ 		retendiez
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dje/ 		retendent
/ʁə.tɑ̃d/
imperfect2 retendisse
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dis/ 		retendisses
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dis/ 		retendît
/ʁə.tɑ̃.di/ 		retendissions
/ʁə.tɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/ 		retendissiez
/ʁə.tɑ̃.di.sje/ 		retendissent
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retends
/ʁə.tɑ̃/ 		— retendons
/ʁə.tɑ̃.dɔ̃/ 		retendez
/ʁə.tɑ̃.de/ 		—
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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