redouter

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French redoubter, from Old French redoter, corresponding to re- +‎ douter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.du.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

redouter

1. to dread, to fear

   Il faut redouter les conséquences de nos choix.

   We should fear the consequences of our choices.

Conjugation

Conjugation of redouter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	redouter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	redoutant /ʁə.du.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		redouté /ʁə.du.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	redoute /ʁə.dut/	redoutes /ʁə.dut/	redoute /ʁə.dut/	redoutons /ʁə.du.tɔ̃/	redoutez /ʁə.du.te/	redoutent /ʁə.dut/
	imperfect	redoutais /ʁə.du.tɛ/	redoutais /ʁə.du.tɛ/	redoutait /ʁə.du.tɛ/	redoutions /ʁə.du.tjɔ̃/	redoutiez /ʁə.du.tje/	redoutaient /ʁə.du.tɛ/
	past historic2	redoutai /ʁə.du.te/	redoutas /ʁə.du.ta/	redouta /ʁə.du.ta/	redoutâmes /ʁə.du.tam/	redoutâtes /ʁə.du.tat/	redoutèrent /ʁə.du.tɛʁ/
	future	redouterai /ʁə.du.tʁe/	redouteras /ʁə.du.tʁa/	redoutera /ʁə.du.tʁa/	redouterons /ʁə.du.tʁɔ̃/	redouterez /ʁə.du.tʁe/	redouteront /ʁə.du.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	redouterais /ʁə.du.tʁɛ/	redouterais /ʁə.du.tʁɛ/	redouterait /ʁə.du.tʁɛ/	redouterions /ʁə.du.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	redouteriez /ʁə.du.tə.ʁje/	redouteraient /ʁə.du.tʁɛ/
(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	redoute /ʁə.dut/	redoutes /ʁə.dut/	redoute /ʁə.dut/	redoutions /ʁə.du.tjɔ̃/	redoutiez /ʁə.du.tje/	redoutent /ʁə.dut/
	imperfect2	redoutasse /ʁə.du.tas/	redoutasses /ʁə.du.tas/	redoutât /ʁə.du.ta/	redoutassions /ʁə.du.ta.sjɔ̃/	redoutassiez /ʁə.du.ta.sje/	redoutassent /ʁə.du.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	redoute /ʁə.dut/	—	redoutons /ʁə.du.tɔ̃/	redoutez /ʁə.du.te/	—
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).

Derived terms

• redoutable

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• de retour