revaloir
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.va.lwaʁ/
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Verb
revaloir
- (transitive) to get even (with)
Usage notes
- Listed in many dictionaries as a defective verb. Most often used in the infinitive and the future.
Conjugation
Conjugation of revaloir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | revaloir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | revalant /ʁə.va.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | revalu /ʁə.va.ly/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | revaux /ʁə.vo/ |
revaux /ʁə.vo/ |
revaut /ʁə.vo/ |
revalons /ʁə.va.lɔ̃/ |
revalez /ʁə.va.le/ |
revalent /ʁə.val/ |
| imperfect | revalais /ʁə.va.lɛ/ |
revalais /ʁə.va.lɛ/ |
revalait /ʁə.va.lɛ/ |
revalions /ʁə.va.ljɔ̃/ |
revaliez /ʁə.va.lje/ |
revalaient /ʁə.va.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | revalus /ʁə.va.ly/ |
revalus /ʁə.va.ly/ |
revalut /ʁə.va.ly/ |
revalûmes /ʁə.va.lym/ |
revalûtes /ʁə.va.lyt/ |
revalurent /ʁə.va.lyʁ/ | |
| future | revaudrai /ʁə.vo.dʁe/ |
revaudras /ʁə.vo.dʁa/ |
revaudra /ʁə.vo.dʁa/ |
revaudrons /ʁə.vo.dʁɔ̃/ |
revaudrez /ʁə.vo.dʁe/ |
revaudront /ʁə.vo.dʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | revaudrais /ʁə.vo.dʁɛ/ |
revaudrais /ʁə.vo.dʁɛ/ |
revaudrait /ʁə.vo.dʁɛ/ |
revaudrions /ʁə.vo.dʁi.jɔ̃/ |
revaudriez /ʁə.vo.dʁi.je/ |
revaudraient /ʁə.vo.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 | revaille /ʁə.vaj/ |
revailles /ʁə.vaj/ |
revaille /ʁə.vaj/ |
revalions /ʁə.va.ljɔ̃/ |
revaliez /ʁə.va.lje/ |
revaillent /ʁə.vaj/ |
| imperfect2 | revalusse /ʁə.va.lys/ |
revalusses /ʁə.va.lys/ |
revalût /ʁə.va.ly/ |
revalussions /ʁə.va.ly.sjɔ̃/ |
revalussiez /ʁə.va.ly.sje/ |
revalussent /ʁə.va.lys/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | revaus /ʁə.vo/ |
— | revalons /ʁə.va.lɔ̃/ |
revalez /ʁə.va.le/ |
— | |
| 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
- “revaloir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.