redoubler

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ doubler.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.du.ble/
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Verb

redoubler

  1. (transitive, intransitive) to increase; to augment; to redouble
    redoubler d’ardeur ― to redouble one's efforts
  2. (transitive, intransitive) to repeat a year

Conjugation
Conjugation of redoubler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple redoubler
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple redoublant
/ʁə.du.blɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle redoublé
/ʁə.du.ble/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present redouble
/ʁə.dubl/		 redoubles
/ʁə.dubl/		 redouble
/ʁə.dubl/		 redoublons
/ʁə.du.blɔ̃/		 redoublez
/ʁə.du.ble/		 redoublent
/ʁə.dubl/
imperfect redoublais
/ʁə.du.blɛ/		 redoublais
/ʁə.du.blɛ/		 redoublait
/ʁə.du.blɛ/		 redoublions
/ʁə.du.bli.jɔ̃/		 redoubliez
/ʁə.du.bli.je/		 redoublaient
/ʁə.du.blɛ/
past historic2 redoublai
/ʁə.du.ble/		 redoublas
/ʁə.du.bla/		 redoubla
/ʁə.du.bla/		 redoublâmes
/ʁə.du.blam/		 redoublâtes
/ʁə.du.blat/		 redoublèrent
/ʁə.du.blɛʁ/
future redoublerai
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁe/		 redoubleras
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁa/		 redoublera
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁa/		 redoublerons
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁɔ̃/		 redoublerez
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁe/		 redoubleront
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional redoublerais
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁɛ/		 redoublerais
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁɛ/		 redoublerait
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁɛ/		 redoublerions
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁjɔ̃/		 redoubleriez
/ʁə.du.blə.ʁje/		 redoubleraient
/ʁə.du.blə.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 redouble
/ʁə.dubl/		 redoubles
/ʁə.dubl/		 redouble
/ʁə.dubl/		 redoublions
/ʁə.du.bli.jɔ̃/		 redoubliez
/ʁə.du.bli.je/		 redoublent
/ʁə.dubl/
imperfect2 redoublasse
/ʁə.du.blas/		 redoublasses
/ʁə.du.blas/		 redoublât
/ʁə.du.bla/		 redoublassions
/ʁə.du.bla.sjɔ̃/		 redoublassiez
/ʁə.du.bla.sje/		 redoublassent
/ʁə.du.blas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — redouble
/ʁə.dubl/		 — redoublons
/ʁə.du.blɔ̃/		 redoublez
/ʁə.du.ble/		 —
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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