recombiner

English

Etymology

recombine +‎ -er

Noun

recombiner (plural recombiners)

1. Any device that recombines something previously separated, such as gases or light beams.

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

recombiner

1. To recombine

Conjugation

Conjugation of recombiner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	recombiner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	recombinant /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		recombiné /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	recombine /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/	recombines /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/	recombine /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/	recombinons /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɔ̃/	recombinez /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne/	recombinent /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/
	imperfect	recombinais /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɛ/	recombinais /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɛ/	recombinait /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɛ/	recombinions /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.njɔ̃/	recombiniez /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nje/	recombinaient /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɛ/
	past historic2	recombinai /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne/	recombinas /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.na/	recombina /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.na/	recombinâmes /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nam/	recombinâtes /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nat/	recombinèrent /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɛʁ/
	future	recombinerai /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁe/	recombineras /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁa/	recombinera /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁa/	recombinerons /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁɔ̃/	recombinerez /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁe/	recombineront /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	recombinerais /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁɛ/	recombinerais /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁɛ/	recombinerait /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.ʁɛ/	recombinerions /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	recombineriez /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nə.ʁje/	recombineraient /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin.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	recombine /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/	recombines /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/	recombine /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/	recombinions /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.njɔ̃/	recombiniez /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nje/	recombinent /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/
	imperfect2	recombinasse /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nas/	recombinasses /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nas/	recombinât /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.na/	recombinassions /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.na.sjɔ̃/	recombinassiez /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.na.sje/	recombinassent /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	recombine /ʁə.kɔ̃.bin/	—	recombinons /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.nɔ̃/	recombinez /ʁə.kɔ̃.bi.ne/	—
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

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