reposer
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]reposer (plural reposers)
- Someone or something that reposes.
References
[edit]- “reposer”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French reposer, from Late Latin repausāre, from Latin pausāre.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]reposer
- (transitive) to put down, to place
- (transitive) to rest
- (reflexive, se reposer) to rest, to repose
- (with sur) to be based on
Conjugation
[edit]Conjugation of reposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | reposer | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | reposant /ʁə.po.zɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | reposé /ʁə.po.ze/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | repose /ʁə.poz/ |
reposes /ʁə.poz/ |
repose /ʁə.poz/ |
reposons /ʁə.po.zɔ̃/ |
reposez /ʁə.po.ze/ |
reposent /ʁə.poz/ |
imperfect | reposais /ʁə.po.zɛ/ |
reposais /ʁə.po.zɛ/ |
reposait /ʁə.po.zɛ/ |
reposions /ʁə.po.zjɔ̃/ |
reposiez /ʁə.po.zje/ |
reposaient /ʁə.po.zɛ/ | |
past historic2 | reposai /ʁə.po.ze/ |
reposas /ʁə.po.za/ |
reposa /ʁə.po.za/ |
reposâmes /ʁə.po.zam/ |
reposâtes /ʁə.po.zat/ |
reposèrent /ʁə.po.zɛʁ/ | |
future | reposerai /ʁə.poz.ʁe/ |
reposeras /ʁə.poz.ʁa/ |
reposera /ʁə.poz.ʁa/ |
reposerons /ʁə.poz.ʁɔ̃/ |
reposerez /ʁə.poz.ʁe/ |
reposeront /ʁə.poz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | reposerais /ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/ |
reposerais /ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/ |
reposerait /ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/ |
reposerions /ʁə.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
reposeriez /ʁə.po.zə.ʁje/ |
reposeraient /ʁə.poz.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 | repose /ʁə.poz/ |
reposes /ʁə.poz/ |
repose /ʁə.poz/ |
reposions /ʁə.po.zjɔ̃/ |
reposiez /ʁə.po.zje/ |
reposent /ʁə.poz/ |
imperfect2 | reposasse /ʁə.po.zas/ |
reposasses /ʁə.po.zas/ |
reposât /ʁə.po.za/ |
reposassions /ʁə.po.za.sjɔ̃/ |
reposassiez /ʁə.po.za.sje/ |
reposassent /ʁə.po.zas/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | repose /ʁə.poz/ |
— | reposons /ʁə.po.zɔ̃/ |
reposez /ʁə.po.ze/ |
— | |
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “reposer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Late Latin repausāre, from Latin pausō.
Verb
[edit]reposer
- to rest (be inactive in order to recuperate)
Conjugation
[edit]This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of reposer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple | compound | ||||||
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infinitive | reposer | avoir reposé | |||||
gerund | en reposant | gerund of avoir + past participle | |||||
present participle | reposant | ||||||
past participle | reposé | ||||||
person | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
simple tenses |
present | repos | reposes | repose | reposons | reposez | reposent |
imperfect | reposoie, reposeie, reposoe, reposeve | reposoies, reposeies, reposoes, reposeves | reposoit, reposeit, reposot, reposeve | reposiiens, reposiens | reposiiez, reposiez | reposoient, reposeient, reposoent, reposevent | |
preterite | reposai | reposas | reposa | reposames | reposastes | reposerent | |
future | reposerai | reposeras | reposera | reposerons | reposeroiz, reposereiz, reposerez | reposeront | |
conditional | reposeroie, reposereie | reposeroies, reposereies | reposeroit, reposereit | reposeriiens, reposeriens | reposeriiez, reposeriez | reposeroient, reposereient | |
compound tenses |
present perfect | present tense of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior | preterite tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional tense of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
simple tenses |
present | repos | repos | repost | reposons | reposez | reposent |
imperfect | reposasse | reposasses | reposast | reposissons, reposissiens | reposissoiz, reposissez, reposissiez | reposassent | |
compound tenses |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
— | repose | — | reposons | reposez | — |
Descendants
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- English terms suffixed with -er
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Rest
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- French terms inherited from Latin
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- French verbs
- French transitive verbs
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- Old French terms derived from Late Latin
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
- Old French terms derived from Latin
- Old French lemmas
- Old French verbs
- Old French verbs with weak-a preterite
- Old French first group verbs
- Old French verbs ending in -er