refermer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ fermer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.fɛʁ.me/
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Verb

refermer

  1. to reclose

Conjugation
Conjugation of refermer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple refermer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple refermant
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle refermé
/ʁə.fɛʁ.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/		 refermes
/ʁə.fɛʁm/		 referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/		 refermons
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/		 refermez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.me/		 referment
/ʁə.fɛʁm/
imperfect refermais
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/		 refermais
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/		 refermait
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/		 refermions
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/		 refermiez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mje/		 refermaient
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛ/
past historic2 refermai
/ʁə.fɛʁ.me/		 refermas
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/		 referma
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/		 refermâmes
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mam/		 refermâtes
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mat/		 refermèrent
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɛʁ/
future refermerai
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/		 refermeras
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/		 refermera
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁa/		 refermerons
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/		 refermerez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁe/		 refermeront
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional refermerais
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 refermerais
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 refermerait
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁɛ/		 refermerions
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/		 refermeriez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.ʁje/		 refermeraient
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mə.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 referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/		 refermes
/ʁə.fɛʁm/		 referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/		 refermions
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mjɔ̃/		 refermiez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mje/		 referment
/ʁə.fɛʁm/
imperfect2 refermasse
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/		 refermasses
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/		 refermât
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma/		 refermassions
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma.sjɔ̃/		 refermassiez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.ma.sje/		 refermassent
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — referme
/ʁə.fɛʁm/		 — refermons
/ʁə.fɛʁ.mɔ̃/		 refermez
/ʁə.fɛʁ.me/		 —
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).

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