relooker

French

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from re- +‎ look +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.lu.ke/

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Verb

relooker

1. to make over

   Synonyms: restyler, refaire

   • 2013, Robert Longechal, La rénovation des meubles et objets, Dunod, →ISBN:

     Dans cet exemple, on se propose de relooker une malle qui ne manque pas d’allure, mais qui a un peu vieilli et dont les couleurs ont, pour le moins, un aspect terne.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of relooker (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	relooker
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	relookant /ʁə.lu.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		relooké /ʁə.lu.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	relooke /ʁə.luk/	relookes /ʁə.luk/	relooke /ʁə.luk/	relookons /ʁə.lu.kɔ̃/	relookez /ʁə.lu.ke/	relookent /ʁə.luk/
	imperfect	relookais /ʁə.lu.kɛ/	relookais /ʁə.lu.kɛ/	relookait /ʁə.lu.kɛ/	relookions /ʁə.lu.kjɔ̃/	relookiez /ʁə.lu.kje/	relookaient /ʁə.lu.kɛ/
	past historic2	relookai /ʁə.lu.ke/	relookas /ʁə.lu.ka/	relooka /ʁə.lu.ka/	relookâmes /ʁə.lu.kam/	relookâtes /ʁə.lu.kat/	relookèrent /ʁə.lu.kɛʁ/
	future	relookerai /ʁə.lu.kʁe/	relookeras /ʁə.lu.kʁa/	relookera /ʁə.lu.kʁa/	relookerons /ʁə.lu.kʁɔ̃/	relookerez /ʁə.lu.kʁe/	relookeront /ʁə.lu.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	relookerais /ʁə.lu.kʁɛ/	relookerais /ʁə.lu.kʁɛ/	relookerait /ʁə.lu.kʁɛ/	relookerions /ʁə.lu.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	relookeriez /ʁə.lu.kə.ʁje/	relookeraient /ʁə.lu.kʁɛ/
(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	relooke /ʁə.luk/	relookes /ʁə.luk/	relooke /ʁə.luk/	relookions /ʁə.lu.kjɔ̃/	relookiez /ʁə.lu.kje/	relookent /ʁə.luk/
	imperfect2	relookasse /ʁə.lu.kas/	relookasses /ʁə.lu.kas/	relookât /ʁə.lu.ka/	relookassions /ʁə.lu.ka.sjɔ̃/	relookassiez /ʁə.lu.ka.sje/	relookassent /ʁə.lu.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	relooke /ʁə.luk/	—	relookons /ʁə.lu.kɔ̃/	relookez /ʁə.lu.ke/	—
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).

Related terms

• relooking

Further reading

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