relancer

Etymology

From re- +‎ lancer (“throw”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/
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Verb

relancer

to throw back
to relaunch
to boost, to revive (economically)
to reboot (a computer)
to restart (an initiative, project, or engine)
to follow up, to recontact someone about a message previously sent (e.g. if there was no reply)
Relancer un client.
To follow up with a customer.

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of relancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

More information infinitive, simple ...

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	relancer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	relançant /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		relancé /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/	relances /ʁə.lɑ̃s/	relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/	relançons /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/	relancez /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/	relancent /ʁə.lɑ̃s/
	imperfect	relançais /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛ/	relançais /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛ/	relançait /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛ/	relancions /ʁə.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	relanciez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sje/	relançaient /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic²	relançai /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/	relanças /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa/	relança /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa/	relançâmes /ʁə.lɑ̃.sam/	relançâtes /ʁə.lɑ̃.sat/	relancèrent /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	relancerai /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁe/	relanceras /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁa/	relancera /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁa/	relancerons /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	relancerez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁe/	relanceront /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	relancerais /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	relancerais /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	relancerait /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/	relancerions /ʁə.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	relanceriez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	relanceraient /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/	relances /ʁə.lɑ̃s/	relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/	relancions /ʁə.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	relanciez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sje/	relancent /ʁə.lɑ̃s/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	relançasse /ʁə.lɑ̃.sas/	relançasses /ʁə.lɑ̃.sas/	relançât /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa/	relançassions /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	relançassiez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa.sje/	relançassent /ʁə.lɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/	—	relançons /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/	relancez /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/	—
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

relancement

Anagrams

renâcler