redonner

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ donner.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.dɔ.ne/

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Verb

redonner

1. to give again
2. to give back

Conjugation

Conjugation of redonner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	redonner
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	redonnant /ʁə.dɔ.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		redonné /ʁə.dɔ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	redonne /ʁə.dɔn/	redonnes /ʁə.dɔn/	redonne /ʁə.dɔn/	redonnons /ʁə.dɔ.nɔ̃/	redonnez /ʁə.dɔ.ne/	redonnent /ʁə.dɔn/
	imperfect	redonnais /ʁə.dɔ.nɛ/	redonnais /ʁə.dɔ.nɛ/	redonnait /ʁə.dɔ.nɛ/	redonnions /ʁə.dɔ.njɔ̃/	redonniez /ʁə.dɔ.nje/	redonnaient /ʁə.dɔ.nɛ/
	past historic2	redonnai /ʁə.dɔ.ne/	redonnas /ʁə.dɔ.na/	redonna /ʁə.dɔ.na/	redonnâmes /ʁə.dɔ.nam/	redonnâtes /ʁə.dɔ.nat/	redonnèrent /ʁə.dɔ.nɛʁ/
	future	redonnerai /ʁə.dɔn.ʁe/	redonneras /ʁə.dɔn.ʁa/	redonnera /ʁə.dɔn.ʁa/	redonnerons /ʁə.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/	redonnerez /ʁə.dɔn.ʁe/	redonneront /ʁə.dɔn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	redonnerais /ʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/	redonnerais /ʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/	redonnerait /ʁə.dɔn.ʁɛ/	redonnerions /ʁə.dɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	redonneriez /ʁə.dɔ.nə.ʁje/	redonneraient /ʁə.dɔn.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	redonne /ʁə.dɔn/	redonnes /ʁə.dɔn/	redonne /ʁə.dɔn/	redonnions /ʁə.dɔ.njɔ̃/	redonniez /ʁə.dɔ.nje/	redonnent /ʁə.dɔn/
	imperfect2	redonnasse /ʁə.dɔ.nas/	redonnasses /ʁə.dɔ.nas/	redonnât /ʁə.dɔ.na/	redonnassions /ʁə.dɔ.na.sjɔ̃/	redonnassiez /ʁə.dɔ.na.sje/	redonnassent /ʁə.dɔ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	redonne /ʁə.dɔn/	—	redonnons /ʁə.dɔ.nɔ̃/	redonnez /ʁə.dɔ.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).

Related terms

• donner

Further reading

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