recouper

English

Etymology

From recoup +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uːpə(ɹ)

Noun

recouper (plural recoupers)

1. One who, or that which, recoups.
2. (law) A legal action to recoup.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ couper.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ku.pe/

• Audio:

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• Homophones: recoupai, recoupez, recoupé, recoupée, recoupées, recoupés

Verb

recouper

1. (transitive) to recut

Conjugation

Conjugation of recouper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	recouper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	recoupant /ʁə.ku.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		recoupé /ʁə.ku.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	recoupe /ʁə.kup/	recoupes /ʁə.kup/	recoupe /ʁə.kup/	recoupons /ʁə.ku.pɔ̃/	recoupez /ʁə.ku.pe/	recoupent /ʁə.kup/
	imperfect	recoupais /ʁə.ku.pɛ/	recoupais /ʁə.ku.pɛ/	recoupait /ʁə.ku.pɛ/	recoupions /ʁə.ku.pjɔ̃/	recoupiez /ʁə.ku.pje/	recoupaient /ʁə.ku.pɛ/
	past historic2	recoupai /ʁə.ku.pe/	recoupas /ʁə.ku.pa/	recoupa /ʁə.ku.pa/	recoupâmes /ʁə.ku.pam/	recoupâtes /ʁə.ku.pat/	recoupèrent /ʁə.ku.pɛʁ/
	future	recouperai /ʁə.ku.pʁe/	recouperas /ʁə.ku.pʁa/	recoupera /ʁə.ku.pʁa/	recouperons /ʁə.ku.pʁɔ̃/	recouperez /ʁə.ku.pʁe/	recouperont /ʁə.ku.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	recouperais /ʁə.ku.pʁɛ/	recouperais /ʁə.ku.pʁɛ/	recouperait /ʁə.ku.pʁɛ/	recouperions /ʁə.ku.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	recouperiez /ʁə.ku.pə.ʁje/	recouperaient /ʁə.ku.pʁɛ/
(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	recoupe /ʁə.kup/	recoupes /ʁə.kup/	recoupe /ʁə.kup/	recoupions /ʁə.ku.pjɔ̃/	recoupiez /ʁə.ku.pje/	recoupent /ʁə.kup/
	imperfect2	recoupasse /ʁə.ku.pas/	recoupasses /ʁə.ku.pas/	recoupât /ʁə.ku.pa/	recoupassions /ʁə.ku.pa.sjɔ̃/	recoupassiez /ʁə.ku.pa.sje/	recoupassent /ʁə.ku.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	recoupe /ʁə.kup/	—	recoupons /ʁə.ku.pɔ̃/	recoupez /ʁə.ku.pe/	—
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

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