refonder

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ fonder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.fɔ̃.de/

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Verb

refonder

1. to refound

Conjugation

Conjugation of refonder (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	refonder
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	refondant /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		refondé /ʁə.fɔ̃.de/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	refonde /ʁə.fɔ̃d/	refondes /ʁə.fɔ̃d/	refonde /ʁə.fɔ̃d/	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	refondai /ʁə.fɔ̃.de/	refondas /ʁə.fɔ̃.da/	refonda /ʁə.fɔ̃.da/	refondâmes /ʁə.fɔ̃.dam/	refondâtes /ʁə.fɔ̃.dat/	refondèrent /ʁə.fɔ̃.dɛʁ/
	future	refonderai /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁe/	refonderas /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁa/	refondera /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁa/	refonderons /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/	refonderez /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁe/	refonderont /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	refonderais /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	refonderais /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	refonderait /ʁə.fɔ̃.dʁɛ/	refonderions /ʁə.fɔ̃.də.ʁjɔ̃/	refonderiez /ʁə.fɔ̃.də.ʁje/	refonderaient /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	refondasse /ʁə.fɔ̃.das/	refondasses /ʁə.fɔ̃.das/	refondât /ʁə.fɔ̃.da/	refondassions /ʁə.fɔ̃.da.sjɔ̃/	refondassiez /ʁə.fɔ̃.da.sje/	refondassent /ʁə.fɔ̃.das/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	refonde /ʁə.fɔ̃d/	—	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

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