rebiffer

French

Etymology

From Middle French rebiffer, from Old French rebiffer (“to rise up, raise”), of uncertain origin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.bi.fe/

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Verb

rebiffer

1. (pronominal, colloquial) to rebel, revolt

Conjugation

Conjugation of rebiffer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rebiffer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rebiffant /ʁə.bi.fɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rebiffé /ʁə.bi.fe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rebiffe /ʁə.bif/	rebiffes /ʁə.bif/	rebiffe /ʁə.bif/	rebiffons /ʁə.bi.fɔ̃/	rebiffez /ʁə.bi.fe/	rebiffent /ʁə.bif/
	imperfect	rebiffais /ʁə.bi.fɛ/	rebiffais /ʁə.bi.fɛ/	rebiffait /ʁə.bi.fɛ/	rebiffions /ʁə.bi.fjɔ̃/	rebiffiez /ʁə.bi.fje/	rebiffaient /ʁə.bi.fɛ/
	past historic2	rebiffai /ʁə.bi.fe/	rebiffas /ʁə.bi.fa/	rebiffa /ʁə.bi.fa/	rebiffâmes /ʁə.bi.fam/	rebiffâtes /ʁə.bi.fat/	rebiffèrent /ʁə.bi.fɛʁ/
	future	rebifferai /ʁə.bi.fʁe/	rebifferas /ʁə.bi.fʁa/	rebiffera /ʁə.bi.fʁa/	rebifferons /ʁə.bi.fʁɔ̃/	rebifferez /ʁə.bi.fʁe/	rebifferont /ʁə.bi.fʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rebifferais /ʁə.bi.fʁɛ/	rebifferais /ʁə.bi.fʁɛ/	rebifferait /ʁə.bi.fʁɛ/	rebifferions /ʁə.bi.fə.ʁjɔ̃/	rebifferiez /ʁə.bi.fə.ʁje/	rebifferaient /ʁə.bi.fʁɛ/
(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	rebiffe /ʁə.bif/	rebiffes /ʁə.bif/	rebiffe /ʁə.bif/	rebiffions /ʁə.bi.fjɔ̃/	rebiffiez /ʁə.bi.fje/	rebiffent /ʁə.bif/
	imperfect2	rebiffasse /ʁə.bi.fas/	rebiffasses /ʁə.bi.fas/	rebiffât /ʁə.bi.fa/	rebiffassions /ʁə.bi.fa.sjɔ̃/	rebiffassiez /ʁə.bi.fa.sje/	rebiffassent /ʁə.bi.fas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rebiffe /ʁə.bif/	—	rebiffons /ʁə.bi.fɔ̃/	rebiffez /ʁə.bi.fe/	—
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).

Further reading

• “rebiffer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.