retomber

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ tomber.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tɔ̃.be/
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Verb

retomber

  1. to refall, to fall again, to fall back down
    retomber en enfance ― to lapse into one's second childhood

Conjugation
Conjugation of retomber (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple retomber
compound être + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple retombant
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bɑ̃/
compound étant + past participle
past participle retombé
/ʁə.tɔ̃.be/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present retombe
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/		 retombes
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/		 retombe
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/		 retombons
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bɔ̃/		 retombez
/ʁə.tɔ̃.be/		 retombent
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/
imperfect retombais
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/		 retombais
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/		 retombait
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/		 retombions
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bjɔ̃/		 retombiez
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bje/		 retombaient
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛ/
past historic2 retombai
/ʁə.tɔ̃.be/		 retombas
/ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/		 retomba
/ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/		 retombâmes
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bam/		 retombâtes
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bat/		 retombèrent
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bɛʁ/
future retomberai
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁe/		 retomberas
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁa/		 retombera
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁa/		 retomberons
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/		 retomberez
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁe/		 retomberont
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɔ̃/
conditional retomberais
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/		 retomberais
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/		 retomberait
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/		 retomberions
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bə.ʁjɔ̃/		 retomberiez
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bə.ʁje/		 retomberaient
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bʁɛ/
(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 retombe
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/		 retombes
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/		 retombe
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/		 retombions
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bjɔ̃/		 retombiez
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bje/		 retombent
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/
imperfect2 retombasse
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/		 retombasses
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/		 retombât
/ʁə.tɔ̃.ba/		 retombassions
/ʁə.tɔ̃.ba.sjɔ̃/		 retombassiez
/ʁə.tɔ̃.ba.sje/		 retombassent
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of être + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of être + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — retombe
/ʁə.tɔ̃b/		 — retombons
/ʁə.tɔ̃.bɔ̃/		 retombez
/ʁə.tɔ̃.be/		 —
compound — simple imperative of être + past participle — simple imperative of être + past participle simple imperative of 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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