retraverser

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ traverser.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.se/

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Verb

retraverser

1. (transitive) to cross again or back

Conjugation

Conjugation of retraverser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retraverser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retraversant /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retraversé /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retraverse /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/	retraverses /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/	retraverse /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/	retraversons /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	retraversez /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.se/	retraversent /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/
	imperfect	retraversais /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/	retraversais /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/	retraversait /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/	retraversions /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	retraversiez /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sje/	retraversaient /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛ/
	past historic2	retraversai /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.se/	retraversas /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/	retraversa /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/	retraversâmes /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sam/	retraversâtes /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sat/	retraversèrent /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sɛʁ/
	future	retraverserai /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	retraverseras /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	retraversera /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁa/	retraverserons /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/	retraverserez /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁe/	retraverseront /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retraverserais /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	retraverserais /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	retraverserait /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁɛ/	retraverserions /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	retraverseriez /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.ʁje/	retraverseraient /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sə.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	retraverse /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/	retraverses /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/	retraverse /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/	retraversions /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sjɔ̃/	retraversiez /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sje/	retraversent /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/
	imperfect2	retraversasse /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/	retraversasses /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/	retraversât /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sa/	retraversassions /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sa.sjɔ̃/	retraversassiez /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sa.sje/	retraversassent /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retraverse /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁs/	—	retraversons /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.sɔ̃/	retraversez /ʁə.tʁa.vɛʁ.se/	—
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

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