ressuyer

French

Etymology

From Old French ressuiier, corresponding to re- +‎ essuyer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁe.sɥi.je/

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Verb

ressuyer

1. to dry; to dry out

   Synonyms: sécher, assécher

Conjugation

This verb is part of a large group of -er verbs that conjugate like noyer or ennuyer. These verbs always replace the 'y' with an 'i' before a silent 'e'.

Conjugation of ressuyer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ressuyer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	ressuyant /ʁe.sɥi.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		ressuyé /ʁe.sɥi.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	ressuie /ʁe.sɥi/	ressuies /ʁe.sɥi/	ressuie /ʁe.sɥi/	ressuyons /ʁe.sɥi.jɔ̃/	ressuyez /ʁe.sɥi.je/	ressuient /ʁe.sɥi/
	imperfect	ressuyais /ʁe.sɥi.jɛ/	ressuyais /ʁe.sɥi.jɛ/	ressuyait /ʁe.sɥi.jɛ/	ressuyions /ʁe.sɥij.jɔ̃/	ressuyiez /ʁe.sɥij.je/	ressuyaient /ʁe.sɥi.jɛ/
	past historic2	ressuyai /ʁe.sɥi.je/	ressuyas /ʁe.sɥi.ja/	ressuya /ʁe.sɥi.ja/	ressuyâmes /ʁe.sɥi.jam/	ressuyâtes /ʁe.sɥi.jat/	ressuyèrent /ʁe.sɥi.jɛʁ/
	future	ressuierai /ʁe.sɥi.ʁe/	ressuieras /ʁe.sɥi.ʁa/	ressuiera /ʁe.sɥi.ʁa/	ressuierons /ʁe.sɥi.ʁɔ̃/	ressuierez /ʁe.sɥi.ʁe/	ressuieront /ʁe.sɥi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	ressuierais /ʁe.sɥi.ʁɛ/	ressuierais /ʁe.sɥi.ʁɛ/	ressuierait /ʁe.sɥi.ʁɛ/	ressuierions /ʁe.sɥi.ʁjɔ̃/	ressuieriez /ʁe.sɥi.ʁje/	ressuieraient /ʁe.sɥi.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	ressuie /ʁe.sɥi/	ressuies /ʁe.sɥi/	ressuie /ʁe.sɥi/	ressuyions /ʁe.sɥij.jɔ̃/	ressuyiez /ʁe.sɥij.je/	ressuient /ʁe.sɥi/
	imperfect2	ressuyasse /ʁe.sɥi.jas/	ressuyasses /ʁe.sɥi.jas/	ressuyât /ʁe.sɥi.ja/	ressuyassions /ʁe.sɥi.ja.sjɔ̃/	ressuyassiez /ʁe.sɥi.ja.sje/	ressuyassent /ʁe.sɥi.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	ressuie /ʁe.sɥi/	—	ressuyons /ʁe.sɥi.jɔ̃/	ressuyez /ʁe.sɥi.je/	—
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

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