refermer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ fermer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/

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Verb

refermer

1. to reclose
2. (reflexive) (wound) to heal

Conjugation

Conjugation of refermer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	refermer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	refermant /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		refermé /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/	refermes /ʁə.fɛʁm/	referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/	refermons /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/	refermez /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/	referment /ʁə.fɛʁm/
	imperfect	refermais /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/	refermais /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/	refermait /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/	refermions /ʁə.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/	refermiez /ʁə.fɛʁ.mje/	refermaient /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/
	past historic2	refermai /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/	refermas /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/	referma /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/	refermâmes /ʁə.fɛʁ.mam/	refermâtes /ʁə.fɛʁ.mat/	refermèrent /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛʁ/
	future	refermerai /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/	refermeras /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/	refermera /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/	refermerons /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/	refermerez /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/	refermeront /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	refermerais /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	refermerais /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	refermerait /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/	refermerions /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/	refermeriez /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁje/	refermeraient /ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.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	referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/	refermes /ʁə.fɛʁm/	referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/	refermions /ʁə.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/	refermiez /ʁə.fɛʁ.mje/	referment /ʁə.fɛʁm/
	imperfect2	refermasse /ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/	refermasses /ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/	refermât /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/	refermassions /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/	refermassiez /ʁə.fɛʁ.ma.sje/	refermassent /ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	referme /ʁə.fɛʁm/	—	refermons /ʁə.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/	refermez /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/	—
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

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