reformuler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ formuler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.le/

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Verb

reformuler

1. to reword, to rephrase
2. to reformulate

Conjugation

Conjugation of reformuler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	reformuler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	reformulant /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		reformulé /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	reformule /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/	reformules /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/	reformule /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/	reformulons /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lɔ̃/	reformulez /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.le/	reformulent /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/
	imperfect	reformulais /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lɛ/	reformulais /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lɛ/	reformulait /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lɛ/	reformulions /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.ljɔ̃/	reformuliez /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lje/	reformulaient /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lɛ/
	past historic2	reformulai /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.le/	reformulas /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.la/	reformula /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.la/	reformulâmes /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lam/	reformulâtes /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lat/	reformulèrent /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lɛʁ/
	future	reformulerai /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁe/	reformuleras /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁa/	reformulera /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁa/	reformulerons /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁɔ̃/	reformulerez /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁe/	reformuleront /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	reformulerais /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁɛ/	reformulerais /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁɛ/	reformulerait /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.ʁɛ/	reformulerions /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	reformuleriez /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lə.ʁje/	reformuleraient /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl.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	reformule /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/	reformules /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/	reformule /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/	reformulions /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.ljɔ̃/	reformuliez /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lje/	reformulent /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/
	imperfect2	reformulasse /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.las/	reformulasses /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.las/	reformulât /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.la/	reformulassions /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.la.sjɔ̃/	reformulassiez /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.la.sje/	reformulassent /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	reformule /ʁə.fɔʁ.myl/	—	reformulons /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.lɔ̃/	reformulez /ʁə.fɔʁ.my.le/	—
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).

Derived terms

• reformulation

Further reading

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