reprendre

From Old Occitan, from Latin reprendere, variant of reprehendere, present active infinitive of reprehendō.

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /rəˈp(ɾ)ən.dɾə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /rəˈp(ɾ)ɛn.dɾə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /reˈp(ɾ)en.dɾe/

reprendre (first-person singular present reprenc, past participle reprès)

1. to retake
2. to take back
3. to tell off

From Old French reprendre, from Latin reprendere, contracted variant of reprehendere, present active infinitive of reprehendō.

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pʁɑ̃dʁ/

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reprendre

1. (transitive) to take back, recover, regain
2. (transitive) to take again, take more of, have another helping
3. (transitive) to resume (work), get back to, carry on with

   Après la pause, on va reprendre le travail. — After the break, we're going to get back to work.

4. (transitive) to retake, recapture
5. (intransitive) to start again

   reprendre à zéro — to start from scratch

6. (intransitive, of business) to pick up, to show new sign of life
7. (transitive) to criticize, correct, rebuke, reprimand
8. (reflexive) to correct oneself
9. (reflexive) to pull oneself together

This verb is conjugated on the model of prendre. That means it is quite irregular, with the following patterns:

• In the infinitive, in the singular forms of the present indicative, and in the future and the conditional, it is conjugated like rendre, perdre, etc. (sometimes called the regular -re verbs).
• In the plural forms of the present indicative and imperative, in the imperfect indicative, in the present subjunctive, and in the present participle, it is conjugated like appeler or jeter, using the stem reprenn- before mute ‘e’ and the stem repren- elsewhere.
• In the past participle, and in the past historic and the imperfect subjunctive, its conjugation resembles that of mettre.

• reprendre à zéro
• reprendre du service
• reprendre du poil de la bête
• reprendre ses esprits

• “reprendre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

From Latin reprendere, contracted variant of reprehendere, present active infinitive of reprehendō.

reprendre

1. to retake (to take back; to take again)

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

• prendre

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