repasser

French

Etymology

re- +‎ passer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɑ.se/
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Verb

repasser

  1. to iron (to pass an iron over clothing)
  2. to pass by again.
  3. to redo (an exam, a test)

Usage notes
  • This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être.
  • il m'a passé ses affaires
    he passed me his things
  • je suis passé par la poste ce matin
    I went by the post office this morning

Conjugation
Conjugation of repasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle repassant
/ʁə.pɑ.sɑ̃/
past participle repassé
/ʁə.pɑ.se/
infinitive
simple repasser
compound être + past participle
gerund1
simple repassant
/ʁə.pɑ.sɑ̃/
compound étant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present repasse
/ʁə.pɑs/		 repasses
/ʁə.pɑs/		 repasse
/ʁə.pɑs/		 repassons
/ʁə.pɑ.sɔ̃/		 repassez
/ʁə.pɑ.se/		 repassent
/ʁə.pɑs/
imperfect repassais
/ʁə.pɑ.sɛ/		 repassais
/ʁə.pɑ.sɛ/		 repassait
/ʁə.pɑ.sɛ/		 repassions
/ʁə.pɑ.sjɔ̃/		 repassiez
/ʁə.pɑ.sje/		 repassaient
/ʁə.pɑ.sɛ/
past historic2 repassai
/ʁə.pɑ.se/		 repassas
/ʁə.pɑ.sa/		 repassa
/ʁə.pɑ.sa/		 repassâmes
/ʁə.pɑ.sam/		 repassâtes
/ʁə.pɑ.sat/		 repassèrent
/ʁə.pɑ.sɛʁ/
future repasserai
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁe/		 repasseras
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁa/		 repassera
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁa/		 repasserons
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁɔ̃/		 repasserez
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁe/		 repasseront
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁɔ̃/
conditional repasserais
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁɛ/		 repasserais
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁɛ/		 repasserait
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁɛ/		 repasserions
/ʁə.pɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 repasseriez
/ʁə.pɑ.sə.ʁje/		 repasseraient
/ʁə.pɑ.sʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of être + past participle
future perfect future of être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present repasse
/ʁə.pɑs/		 repasses
/ʁə.pɑs/		 repasse
/ʁə.pɑs/		 repassions
/ʁə.pɑ.sjɔ̃/		 repassiez
/ʁə.pɑ.sje/		 repassent
/ʁə.pɑs/
imperfect2 repassasse
/ʁə.pɑ.sas/		 repassasses
/ʁə.pɑ.sas/		 repassât
/ʁə.pɑ.sa/		 repassassions
/ʁə.pɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/		 repassassiez
/ʁə.pɑ.sa.sje/		 repassassent
/ʁə.pɑ.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — repasse
/ʁə.pɑs/		 — repassons
/ʁə.pɑ.sɔ̃/		 repassez
/ʁə.pɑ.se/		 —
compound — simple imperative of être + past participle — simple imperative of être + past participle simple imperative of être + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Verb

repasser

  1. to retraverse (to traverse again)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of repasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive repasser avoir repassé
gerund en repassant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle repassant
past participle repassé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present repas repasses repasse repassons repassez repassent
imperfect repassoie, repasseie, repassoe, repasseve repassoies, repasseies, repassoes, repasseves repassoit, repasseit, repassot, repasseve repassiiens, repassiens repassiiez, repassiez repassoient, repasseient, repassoent, repassevent
preterite repassai repassas repassa repassames repassastes repasserent
future repasserai repasseras repassera repasserons repasseroiz, repassereiz, repasserez repasseront
conditional repasseroie, repassereie repasseroies, repassereies repasseroit, repassereit repasseriiens, repasseriens repasseriiez, repasseriez repasseroient, repassereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present repas repas repast repassons repassez repassent
imperfect repassasse repassasses repassast repassissons, repassissiens repassissoiz, repassissez, repassissiez repassassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— repasse — repassons repassez —

References
  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (repasser, supplement)
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