ressemeler

French

Etymology

From re- (“re-, again”) +‎ semeler (“to sole”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.sə.m(ə).le/

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Verb

ressemeler

1. (transitive) to resole

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of ressemeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ressemeler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ressemelant /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ressemelé /ʁə.sə.m(ə).le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ressemelle or ressemèle /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/	ressemelles or ressemèles /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/	ressemelle or ressemèle /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/	ressemelons /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lɔ̃/	ressemelez /ʁə.sə.m(ə).le/	ressemellent or ressemèlent /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/
	imperfect	ressemelais /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lɛ/	ressemelais /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lɛ/	ressemelait /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lɛ/	ressemelions /ʁə.s(ə).mə.ljɔ̃/	ressemeliez /ʁə.s(ə).mə.lje/	ressemelaient /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lɛ/
	past historic2	ressemelai /ʁə.sə.m(ə).le/	ressemelas /ʁə.sə.m(ə).la/	ressemela /ʁə.sə.m(ə).la/	ressemelâmes /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lam/	ressemelâtes /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lat/	ressemelèrent /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lɛʁ/
	future	ressemellerai or ressemèlerai /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁe/	ressemelleras or ressemèleras /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁa/	ressemellera or ressemèlera /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁa/	ressemellerons or ressemèlerons /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁɔ̃/	ressemellerez or ressemèlerez /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁe/	ressemelleront or ressemèleront /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ressemellerais or ressemèlerais /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁɛ/	ressemellerais or ressemèlerais /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁɛ/	ressemellerait or ressemèlerait /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.ʁɛ/	ressemellerions or ressemèlerions /ʁə.s(ə).mɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.s(ə).me.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	ressemelleriez or ressemèleriez /ʁə.s(ə).mɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.s(ə).me.lə.ʁje/	ressemelleraient or ressemèleraient /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl.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	ressemelle or ressemèle /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/	ressemelles or ressemèles /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/	ressemelle or ressemèle /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/	ressemelions /ʁə.s(ə).mə.ljɔ̃/	ressemeliez /ʁə.s(ə).mə.lje/	ressemellent or ressemèlent /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/
	imperfect2	ressemelasse /ʁə.sə.m(ə).las/	ressemelasses /ʁə.sə.m(ə).las/	ressemelât /ʁə.sə.m(ə).la/	ressemelassions /ʁə.sə.m(ə).la.sjɔ̃/	ressemelassiez /ʁə.sə.m(ə).la.sje/	ressemelassent /ʁə.sə.m(ə).las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ressemelle or ressemèle /ʁə.s(ə).mɛl/	—	ressemelons /ʁə.sə.m(ə).lɔ̃/	ressemelez /ʁə.sə.m(ə).le/	—
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

• dessemeler (“to remove the sole”)

Further reading

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