redescendre

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ descendre (“to descend/go down”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.de.sɑ̃dʁ/
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Verb

redescendre

  1. to come back down, to go back down (to descend shortly after having gone up)
  2. to redescend (to descend a second time)

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 est redescendu du sommet ― he came back down from the summit
    elle a redescendu l’ordinateur ― she got the computer back down

Conjugation
Conjugation of redescendre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple redescendre
compound avoir or être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple redescendant
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɑ̃/
compound ayant or étant + past participle
past participle redescendu
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present redescends
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃/		 redescends
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃/		 redescend
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃/		 redescendons
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/		 redescendez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.de/		 redescendent
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/
imperfect redescendais
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/		 redescendais
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/		 redescendait
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/		 redescendions
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 redescendiez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dje/		 redescendaient
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɛ/
past historic2 redescendis
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di/		 redescendis
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di/		 redescendit
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di/		 redescendîmes
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dim/		 redescendîtes
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dit/		 redescendirent
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.diʁ/
future redescendrai
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/		 redescendras
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/		 redescendra
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁa/		 redescendrons
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/		 redescendrez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁe/		 redescendront
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɔ̃/
conditional redescendrais
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 redescendrais
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 redescendrait
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/		 redescendrions
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.jɔ̃/		 redescendriez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁi.je/		 redescendraient
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir or être + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir or être + past participle
future perfect future of avoir or être + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir or être + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present redescende
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/		 redescendes
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/		 redescende
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/		 redescendions
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.djɔ̃/		 redescendiez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dje/		 redescendent
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃d/
imperfect2 redescendisse
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dis/		 redescendisses
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dis/		 redescendît
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di/		 redescendissions
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di.sjɔ̃/		 redescendissiez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.di.sje/		 redescendissent
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — redescends
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃/		 — redescendons
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.dɔ̃/		 redescendez
/ʁə.de.sɑ̃.de/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle — simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle simple imperative of avoir or être + 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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