rétribuer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rētribuere (“to give back, return, repay; to recompense”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/
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Verb

rétribuer

  1. (transitive) to pay (for)
  2. (transitive) to reward

Conjugation
Conjugation of rétribuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rétribuer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rétribuant
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rétribué
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present rétribue
/ʁe.tʁi.by/		 rétribues
/ʁe.tʁi.by/		 rétribue
/ʁe.tʁi.by/		 rétribuons
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/		 rétribuez
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/		 rétribuent
/ʁe.tʁi.by/
imperfect rétribuais
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/		 rétribuais
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/		 rétribuait
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/		 rétribuions
/ʁe.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/		 rétribuiez
/ʁe.tʁi.by.je/		 rétribuaient
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛ/
past historic2 rétribuai
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/		 rétribuas
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/		 rétribua
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/		 rétribuâmes
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥam/		 rétribuâtes
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥat/		 rétribuèrent
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥɛʁ/
future rétribuerai
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁe/		 rétribueras
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁa/		 rétribuera
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁa/		 rétribuerons
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/		 rétribuerez
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁe/		 rétribueront
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɔ̃/
conditional rétribuerais
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/		 rétribuerais
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/		 rétribuerait
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁɛ/		 rétribuerions
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁjɔ̃/		 rétribueriez
/ʁe.tʁi.by.ʁje/		 rétribueraient
/ʁe.tʁi.by.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 rétribue
/ʁe.tʁi.by/		 rétribues
/ʁe.tʁi.by/		 rétribue
/ʁe.tʁi.by/		 rétribuions
/ʁe.tʁi.by.jɔ̃/		 rétribuiez
/ʁe.tʁi.by.je/		 rétribuent
/ʁe.tʁi.by/
imperfect2 rétribuasse
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/		 rétribuasses
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/		 rétribuât
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥa/		 rétribuassions
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥa.sjɔ̃/		 rétribuassiez
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥa.sje/		 rétribuassent
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rétribue
/ʁe.tʁi.by/		 — rétribuons
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥɔ̃/		 rétribuez
/ʁe.tʁi.bɥe/		 —
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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