relancer
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/
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Verb
relancer
- to throw back
- to relaunch
- to boost, to revive (economically)
- to reboot (a computer)
- to restart (an initiative, project, or engine)
- to follow up, to recontact someone about a message previously sent (e.g. if there was no reply)
- Relancer un client.
- To follow up with a customer.
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 relancer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | relancer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | relançant /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | relancé /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
relances /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
relançons /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
relancez /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/ |
relancent /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | relançais /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
relançais /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
relançait /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛ/ |
relancions /ʁə.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
relanciez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sje/ |
relançaient /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | relançai /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/ |
relanças /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa/ |
relança /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa/ |
relançâmes /ʁə.lɑ̃.sam/ |
relançâtes /ʁə.lɑ̃.sat/ |
relancèrent /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | relancerai /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁe/ |
relanceras /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁa/ |
relancera /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁa/ |
relancerons /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
relancerez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁe/ |
relanceront /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | relancerais /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
relancerais /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
relancerait /ʁə.lɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
relancerions /ʁə.lɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
relanceriez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
relanceraient /ʁə.lɑ̃.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 | relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
relances /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
relancions /ʁə.lɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
relanciez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sje/ |
relancent /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | relançasse /ʁə.lɑ̃.sas/ |
relançasses /ʁə.lɑ̃.sas/ |
relançât /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa/ |
relançassions /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
relançassiez /ʁə.lɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
relançassent /ʁə.lɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | relance /ʁə.lɑ̃s/ |
— | relançons /ʁə.lɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
relancez /ʁə.lɑ̃.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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “relancer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012