retraire

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French retraire, from Latin retrahere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.tʁɛʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛʁ

Verb

retraire

1. (dated) to withdraw; to take out

Conjugation

This verb traditionally has no past historic or imperfect subjunctive. They would be formed on a -retray- root: *je retrayis, *que nous retrayissions etc. Forms using the 'a' endings of verbs in -er are now used when there is an unavoidable need to use these forms. The root -retrais- was used instead of -retray- in the 18th century, and remains in Swiss and Savoy dialects.

Conjugation of retraire (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retraire
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retrayant /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁə.tʁe.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retrait /ʁə.tʁɛ/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retrais /ʁə.tʁɛ/	retrais /ʁə.tʁɛ/	retrait /ʁə.tʁɛ/	retrayons /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tʁe.jɔ̃/	retrayez /ʁə.tʁɛ.je/ or /ʁə.tʁe.je/	retraient /ʁə.tʁɛ/
	imperfect	retrayais /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.tʁe.jɛ/	retrayais /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.tʁe.jɛ/	retrayait /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.tʁe.jɛ/	retrayions /ʁə.tʁɛj.jɔ̃/	retrayiez /ʁə.tʁɛj.je/	retrayaient /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.tʁe.jɛ/
	past historic2	retrayai /ʁə.tʁɛe/	retrayas /ʁə.tʁɛa/	retraya /ʁə.tʁɛa/	retrayâmes /ʁə.tʁɛam/	retrayâtes /ʁə.tʁɛat/	retrayèrent /ʁə.tʁɛɛʁ/
	future	retrairai /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁe/	retrairas /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁa/	retraira /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁa/	retrairons /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁɔ̃/	retrairez /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁe/	retrairont /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retrairais /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁɛ/	retrairais /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁɛ/	retrairait /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁɛ/	retrairions /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁjɔ̃/	retrairiez /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.tʁe.ʁje/	retrairaient /ʁə.tʁɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.tʁe.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	retraie /ʁə.tʁɛ/	retraies /ʁə.tʁɛ/	retraie /ʁə.tʁɛ/	retrayions /ʁə.tʁɛj.jɔ̃/	retrayiez /ʁə.tʁɛj.je/	retraient /ʁə.tʁɛ/
	imperfect2	retrayasse /ʁə.tʁɛas/	retrayasses /ʁə.tʁɛas/	retrayât /ʁə.tʁɛa/	retrayassions /ʁə.tʁɛa.sjɔ̃/	retrayassiez /ʁə.tʁɛa.sje/	retrayassent /ʁə.tʁɛas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retrais /ʁə.tʁɛ/	—	retrayons /ʁə.tʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.tʁe.jɔ̃/	retrayez /ʁə.tʁɛ.je/ or /ʁə.tʁe.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).

Synonyms

• retirer (Contemporary French)

Related terms

• rétraction
• retrait

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• errerait, retirera, terrerai

Old French

Alternative forms

• retreire

Etymology

From Latin retrahere, present active infinitive of retrahō.

Verb

retraire

1. to extract; to remove
2. (reflexive, se retraire) to leave; to depart

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of retraire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		retraire			avoir retrait
gerund		en retraiant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		retraiant
past participle		retrait
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	retrai	retrais	retrait	retraions	retraiiez, retraites	retraient
	imperfect	retraioie, retraieie	retraioies, retraieies	retraioit, retraieit	retraiiiens, retraiiens	retraiiiez, retraiiez	retraioient, retraieient
	preterite	retrais	retraisis	retraist	retraisimes	retraisistes	retraistrent
	future	retrairai	retrairas	retraira	retrairons	retrairoiz, retraireiz, retrairez	retrairont
	conditional	retrairoie, retraireie	retrairoies, retraireies	retrairoit, retraireit	retrairiiens, retrairiens	retrairiiez, retrairiez	retrairoient, retraireient
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	retraie	retraies	retraie	retraiiens, retraions	retraiiez	retraient
	imperfect	retraisisse	retraisisses	retraisist	retraisissons, retraisissiens	retraisissoiz, retraisissez, retraisissiez	retraisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	retrai	—	retraions	retraiiez	—

Descendants

• French: retraire