replier

English

Etymology

From reply +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

replier (plural repliers)

1. One who, or that which, replies.

   Synonyms: answerer, respondent, responder

   Antonyms: asker, requestor, questioner

Derived terms

• nonreplier

Translations

Translations

Arabic: رَادّ (rādd) Marathi: उत्तरवादी m (uttarvādī)

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ plier; cf. also Old French replier, reploier, Latin replicō, replicāre. Compare also reployer and répliquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pli.je/

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Verb

replier

1. (transitive) to fold; fold up
2. (transitive) to refold; to fold again
3. (reflexive) to curl up, roll up
4. (reflexive, military) to withdraw, retreat, fall back

Conjugation

Conjugation of replier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	replier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	repliant /ʁə.pli.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		replié /ʁə.pli.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	replie /ʁə.pli/	replies /ʁə.pli/	replie /ʁə.pli/	replions /ʁə.pli.jɔ̃/	repliez /ʁə.pli.je/	replient /ʁə.pli/
	imperfect	repliais /ʁə.pli.jɛ/	repliais /ʁə.pli.jɛ/	repliait /ʁə.pli.jɛ/	repliions /ʁə.pli.jɔ̃/	repliiez /ʁə.pli.je/	repliaient /ʁə.pli.jɛ/
	past historic2	repliai /ʁə.pli.je/	replias /ʁə.pli.ja/	replia /ʁə.pli.ja/	repliâmes /ʁə.pli.jam/	repliâtes /ʁə.pli.jat/	replièrent /ʁə.pli.jɛʁ/
	future	replierai /ʁə.pli.ʁe/	replieras /ʁə.pli.ʁa/	repliera /ʁə.pli.ʁa/	replierons /ʁə.pli.ʁɔ̃/	replierez /ʁə.pli.ʁe/	replieront /ʁə.pli.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	replierais /ʁə.pli.ʁɛ/	replierais /ʁə.pli.ʁɛ/	replierait /ʁə.pli.ʁɛ/	replierions /ʁə.pli.ʁjɔ̃/	replieriez /ʁə.pli.ʁje/	replieraient /ʁə.pli.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	replie /ʁə.pli/	replies /ʁə.pli/	replie /ʁə.pli/	repliions /ʁə.pli.jɔ̃/	repliiez /ʁə.pli.je/	replient /ʁə.pli/
	imperfect2	repliasse /ʁə.pli.jas/	repliasses /ʁə.pli.jas/	repliât /ʁə.pli.ja/	repliassions /ʁə.pli.ja.sjɔ̃/	repliassiez /ʁə.pli.ja.sje/	repliassent /ʁə.pli.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	replie /ʁə.pli/	—	replions /ʁə.pli.jɔ̃/	repliez /ʁə.pli.je/	—
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

• “replier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• “replier” in Dico en ligne Le Robert.

Old French

Verb

replier

1. alternative form of reploier

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of replier (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		replier			avoir replïé
gerund		en repliant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		repliant
past participle		replïé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	repli	replïes	replïe	replions	replïez	replïent
	imperfect	replioie, replïeie, replioe, replïeve	replioies, replïeies, replioes, replïeves	replioit, replïeit, repliot, replïeve	repliiiens, repliiens	repliiiez, repliiez	replioient, replïeient, replioent, replïevent
	preterite	repliai	replias	replia	repliames	repliastes	replïerent
	future	replïerai	replïeras	replïera	replïerons	replïeroiz, replïereiz, replïerez	replïeront
	conditional	replïeroie, replïereie	replïeroies, replïereies	replïeroit, replïereit	replïeriiens, replïeriens	replïeriiez, replïeriez	replïeroient, replïereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	repli	replis	replit	replions	replïez	replïent
	imperfect	repliasse	repliasses	repliast	repliissons, repliissiens	repliissoiz, repliissez, repliissiez	repliassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	replïe	—	replions	replïez	—