repouvoir

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ pouvoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pu.vwaʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Verb

repouvoir

1. (very rare) to be able to again

Usage notes

• It's more usual in contemporary French to use pouvoir with re- in front of the verb, or use à nouveau or de nouveau.

Conjugation

Conjugation of repouvoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	repouvoir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	repouvant /ʁə.pu.vɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		repu /ʁə.py/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	repeux /ʁə.pø/	repeux /ʁə.pø/	repeut /ʁə.pø/	repouvons /ʁə.pu.vɔ̃/	repouvez /ʁə.pu.ve/	repeuvent /ʁə.pœv/
	imperfect	repouvais /ʁə.pu.vɛ/	repouvais /ʁə.pu.vɛ/	repouvait /ʁə.pu.vɛ/	repouvions /ʁə.pu.vjɔ̃/	repouviez /ʁə.pu.vje/	repouvaient /ʁə.pu.vɛ/
	past historic2	repus /ʁə.py/	repus /ʁə.py/	reput /ʁə.py/	repûmes /ʁə.pym/	repûtes /ʁə.pyt/	repurent /ʁə.pyʁ/
	future	repourrai /ʁə.pu.ʁe/	repourras /ʁə.pu.ʁa/	repourra /ʁə.pu.ʁa/	repourrons /ʁə.pu.ʁɔ̃/	repourrez /ʁə.pu.ʁe/	repourront /ʁə.pu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	repourrais /ʁə.pu.ʁɛ/	repourrais /ʁə.pu.ʁɛ/	repourrait /ʁə.pu.ʁɛ/	repourrions /ʁə.pu.ʁjɔ̃/	repourriez /ʁə.pu.ʁje/	repourraient /ʁə.pu.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	repuisse /ʁə.pɥis/	repuisses /ʁə.pɥis/	repuisse /ʁə.pɥis/	repuissions /ʁə.pɥi.sjɔ̃/	repuissiez /ʁə.pɥi.sje/	repuissent /ʁə.pɥis/
	imperfect2	repusse /ʁə.pys/	repusses /ʁə.pys/	repût /ʁə.py/	repussions /ʁə.py.sjɔ̃/	repussiez /ʁə.py.sje/	repussent /ʁə.pys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	—	—	—	—	—
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).