redoubler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ doubler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.du.ble/

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Verb

redoubler

1. (transitive, intransitive) to increase; to augment; to redouble

   redoubler d’ardeur ― to redouble one's efforts

2. (transitive, intransitive) to repeat a year

Conjugation

Conjugation of redoubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	redoubler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	redoublant /ʁə.du.blɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		redoublé /ʁə.du.ble/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	redouble /ʁə.dubl/	redoubles /ʁə.dubl/	redouble /ʁə.dubl/	redoublons /ʁə.du.blɔ̃/	redoublez /ʁə.du.ble/	redoublent /ʁə.dubl/
	imperfect	redoublais /ʁə.du.blɛ/	redoublais /ʁə.du.blɛ/	redoublait /ʁə.du.blɛ/	redoublions /ʁə.du.bli.jɔ̃/	redoubliez /ʁə.du.bli.je/	redoublaient /ʁə.du.blɛ/
	past historic2	redoublai /ʁə.du.ble/	redoublas /ʁə.du.bla/	redoubla /ʁə.du.bla/	redoublâmes /ʁə.du.blam/	redoublâtes /ʁə.du.blat/	redoublèrent /ʁə.du.blɛʁ/
	future	redoublerai /ʁə.du.blə.ʁe/	redoubleras /ʁə.du.blə.ʁa/	redoublera /ʁə.du.blə.ʁa/	redoublerons /ʁə.du.blə.ʁɔ̃/	redoublerez /ʁə.du.blə.ʁe/	redoubleront /ʁə.du.blə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	redoublerais /ʁə.du.blə.ʁɛ/	redoublerais /ʁə.du.blə.ʁɛ/	redoublerait /ʁə.du.blə.ʁɛ/	redoublerions /ʁə.du.blə.ʁjɔ̃/	redoubleriez /ʁə.du.blə.ʁje/	redoubleraient /ʁə.du.blə.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	redouble /ʁə.dubl/	redoubles /ʁə.dubl/	redouble /ʁə.dubl/	redoublions /ʁə.du.bli.jɔ̃/	redoubliez /ʁə.du.bli.je/	redoublent /ʁə.dubl/
	imperfect2	redoublasse /ʁə.du.blas/	redoublasses /ʁə.du.blas/	redoublât /ʁə.du.bla/	redoublassions /ʁə.du.bla.sjɔ̃/	redoublassiez /ʁə.du.bla.sje/	redoublassent /ʁə.du.blas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	redouble /ʁə.dubl/	—	redoublons /ʁə.du.blɔ̃/	redoublez /ʁə.du.ble/	—
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

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