refondre

See also: refondré

Catalan

Etymology

From re- +‎ fondre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [rəˈfon.dɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [reˈfon.dɾe]

Verb

refondre (first-person singular present refonc, first-person singular preterite refonguí, past participle refós); root stress: (Central, Valencian, Balearic) /o/

1. to melt down again, to recast
2. to redo entirely, to remake from scratch

Conjugation

    Conjugation of refondre (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			refondre
gerund			refonent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		refós		refosa
		plural		refosos		refoses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refonc	refons	refon	refonem	refoneu	refonen
	imperfect	refonia	refonies	refonia	refoníem	refoníeu	refonien
	future	refondré	refondràs	refondrà	refondrem	refondreu	refondran
	preterite	refonguí	refongueres	refongué	refonguérem	refonguéreu	refongueren
	conditional	refondria	refondries	refondria	refondríem	refondríeu	refondrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	refongui	refonguis	refongui	refonguem	refongueu	refonguin
	imperfect	refongués	refonguessis	refongués	refonguéssim	refonguéssiu	refonguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	refon	refongui	refonguem	refoneu	refonguin
	negative (no)	—	no refonguis	no refongui	no refonguem	no refongueu	no refonguin

Related terms

• fondre

Further reading

• “refondre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “refondre”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “refondre” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “refondre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ fondre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.fɔ̃dʁ/

• Audio

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Verb

refondre

1. to remelt
2. (metallurgy) to resmelt
3. to remake from scratch

Conjugation

Conjugation of refondre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	refondre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	refondant /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		refondu /ʁə.fɔ̃.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	refonds /ʁə.fɔ̃/	refonds /ʁə.fɔ̃/	refond /ʁə.fɔ̃/	refondons /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/	refondez /ʁə.fɔ̃.de/	refondent /ʁə.fɔ̃d/
	imperfect	refondais /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɛ/	refondais /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɛ/	refondait /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɛ/	refondions /ʁə.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/	refondiez /ʁə.fɔ̃.dje/	refondaient /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɛ/
	past historic2	refondis /ʁə.fɔ̃.di/	refondis /ʁə.fɔ̃.di/	refondit /ʁə.fɔ̃.di/	refondîmes /ʁə.fɔ̃.dim/	refondîtes /ʁə.fɔ̃.dit/	refondirent /ʁə.fɔ̃.diʁ/
	future	refondrai /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁe/	refondras /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁa/	refondra /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁa/	refondrons /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	refondrez /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁe/	refondront /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	refondrais /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	refondrais /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	refondrait /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	refondrions /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/	refondriez /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁi.je/	refondraient /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/
(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	refonde /ʁə.fɔ̃d/	refondes /ʁə.fɔ̃d/	refonde /ʁə.fɔ̃d/	refondions /ʁə.fɔ̃.djɔ̃/	refondiez /ʁə.fɔ̃.dje/	refondent /ʁə.fɔ̃d/
	imperfect2	refondisse /ʁə.fɔ̃.dis/	refondisses /ʁə.fɔ̃.dis/	refondît /ʁə.fɔ̃.di/	refondissions /ʁə.fɔ̃.di.sjɔ̃/	refondissiez /ʁə.fɔ̃.di.sje/	refondissent /ʁə.fɔ̃.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	refonds /ʁə.fɔ̃/	—	refondons /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɔ̃/	refondez /ʁə.fɔ̃.de/	—
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

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