reposer

English

Etymology

repose +‎ -er

Noun

reposer (plural reposers)

  1. One who reposes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for reposer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

French

Etymology

From Old French reposer, from Late Latin repausāre, present active infinitive of repausō, from Latin pausō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.po.ze/
  • audio (se reposer)(file)

Verb

reposer

  1. (transitive) to put down, to place
  2. (transitive) to rest
  3. (reflexive, se reposer) to rest, to repose
  4. (with sur) to be based on

Conjugation
Conjugation of reposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle reposant
/ʁə.po.zɑ̃/
past participle reposé
/ʁə.po.ze/
infinitive
simple reposer
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple reposant
/ʁə.po.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present repose
/ʁə.poz/		 reposes
/ʁə.poz/		 repose
/ʁə.poz/		 reposons
/ʁə.po.zɔ̃/		 reposez
/ʁə.po.ze/		 reposent
/ʁə.poz/
imperfect reposais
/ʁə.po.zɛ/		 reposais
/ʁə.po.zɛ/		 reposait
/ʁə.po.zɛ/		 reposions
/ʁə.po.zjɔ̃/		 reposiez
/ʁə.po.zje/		 reposaient
/ʁə.po.zɛ/
past historic2 reposai
/ʁə.po.ze/		 reposas
/ʁə.po.za/		 reposa
/ʁə.po.za/		 reposâmes
/ʁə.po.zam/		 reposâtes
/ʁə.po.zat/		 reposèrent
/ʁə.po.zɛʁ/
future reposerai
/ʁə.poz.ʁe/		 reposeras
/ʁə.poz.ʁa/		 reposera
/ʁə.poz.ʁa/		 reposerons
/ʁə.poz.ʁɔ̃/		 reposerez
/ʁə.poz.ʁe/		 reposeront
/ʁə.poz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional reposerais
/ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/		 reposerais
/ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/		 reposerait
/ʁə.poz.ʁɛ/		 reposerions
/ʁə.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 reposeriez
/ʁə.po.zə.ʁje/		 reposeraient
/ʁə.poz.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 repose
/ʁə.poz/		 reposes
/ʁə.poz/		 repose
/ʁə.poz/		 reposions
/ʁə.po.zjɔ̃/		 reposiez
/ʁə.po.zje/		 reposent
/ʁə.poz/
imperfect2 reposasse
/ʁə.po.zas/		 reposasses
/ʁə.po.zas/		 reposât
/ʁə.po.za/		 reposassions
/ʁə.po.za.sjɔ̃/		 reposassiez
/ʁə.po.za.sje/		 reposassent
/ʁə.po.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — repose
/ʁə.poz/		 — reposons
/ʁə.po.zɔ̃/		 reposez
/ʁə.po.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Further reading

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin repausāre, present active infinitive of repausō, from Latin pausō.

Verb

reposer

  1. to rest (be inactive in order to recuperate)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of reposer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive reposer avoir reposé
gerund en reposant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle reposant
past participle reposé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present repos reposes repose reposons reposez reposent
imperfect reposoie, reposeie, reposoe, reposeve reposoies, reposeies, reposoes, reposeves reposoit, reposeit, reposot, reposeve reposiiens, reposiens reposiiez, reposiez reposoient, reposeient, reposoent, reposevent
preterite reposai reposas reposa reposames reposastes reposerent
future reposerai reposeras reposera reposerons reposeroiz, reposereiz, reposerez reposeront
conditional reposeroie, reposereie reposeroies, reposereies reposeroit, reposereit reposeriiens, reposeriens reposeriiez, reposeriez reposeroient, reposereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
past anterior Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
future perfect Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
conditional perfect Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present repos repos repost reposons reposez reposent
imperfect reposasse reposasses reposast reposissons, reposissiens reposissoiz, reposissez, reposissiez reposassent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— repose — reposons reposez —

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