recommencer

English

Etymology

recommence +‎ -er

Noun

recommencer (plural recommencers)

  1. One who recommences.
    • 1803, The Annual Review and History of Literature, volume 1, page 257:
      Sir Frederic Morton Eden has defended the peace too well for the recommencers of hostile practices.

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ commencer.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se/
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Verb

recommencer

  1. to restart, start over, start again
    • 2014, Indila, Dernière danse:
      Je veux m’enfuir, que tout recommence.
      I want to run away, that everything starts again.

Conjugation

This verb is part of a group of -er verbs for which 'c' is softened to a 'ç' before the vowels 'a' and 'o'.

Conjugation of recommencer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple recommencer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple recommençant
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle recommencé
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present recommence
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/		 recommences
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/		 recommence
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/		 recommençons
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 recommencez
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se/		 recommencent
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/
imperfect recommençais
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/		 recommençais
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/		 recommençait
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/		 recommencions
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 recommenciez
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sje/		 recommençaient
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛ/
past historic2 recommençai
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se/		 recommenças
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa/		 recommença
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa/		 recommençâmes
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sam/		 recommençâtes
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sat/		 recommencèrent
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɛʁ/
future recommencerai
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁe/		 recommenceras
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁa/		 recommencera
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁa/		 recommencerons
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/		 recommencerez
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁe/		 recommenceront
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
conditional recommencerais
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 recommencerais
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 recommencerait
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/		 recommencerions
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/		 recommenceriez
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sə.ʁje/		 recommenceraient
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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 recommence
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/		 recommences
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/		 recommence
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/		 recommencions
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sjɔ̃/		 recommenciez
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sje/		 recommencent
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/
imperfect2 recommençasse
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sas/		 recommençasses
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sas/		 recommençât
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa/		 recommençassions
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/		 recommençassiez
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sa.sje/		 recommençassent
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recommence
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃s/		 — recommençons
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.sɔ̃/		 recommencez
/ʁə.kɔ.mɑ̃.se/		 —
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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