repayer

repayer

English

Etymology

From repay +‎ -er.

Noun

repayer (plural repayers)

  1. One who repays.
    • 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson, The Black Arrow:
      But take my hand. We shall go softly, never fear. I owe you a life; I am a good repayer, Jack, of good or evil.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

    From re- +‎ payer.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ʁə.pɛ.je/ ~ /ʁə.pe.je/
    • Audio (France (Lyon)):(file)
    • Audio (France (Somain)):(file)

    Verb

    repayer

    1. to pay again

    Conjugation

    This is a regular -er verb as far as pronunciation is concerned, but as with other verbs in -ayer (such as payer and essayer), the <y> of its stem may optionally be written as <i> when it precedes a silent <e> (compare verbs in -eyer, which never have this spelling change, and verbs in -oyer and -uyer, which always have it; verbs in -ayer belong to either group, according to the writer's preference).

    Conjugation of repayer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
    infinitive simple repayer
    compound avoir + past participle
    present participle or gerund1 simple repayant
    /ʁə.pɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɑ̃/
    compound ayant + past participle
    past participle repayé
    /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/
    singular plural
    first second third first second third
    indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
    (simple
    tenses)         		present repaye or repaie
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/     		repayes or repaies
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/     		repaye or repaie
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/     		repayons
    /ʁə.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɔ̃/     		repayez
    /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/     		repayent or repaient
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/
    imperfect repayais
    /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/     		repayais
    /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/     		repayait
    /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/     		repayions
    /ʁə.pɛj.jɔ̃/     		repayiez
    /ʁə.pɛj.je/     		repayaient
    /ʁə.pɛ.jɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛ/
    past historic2 repayai
    /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/     		repayas
    /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/     		repaya
    /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/     		repayâmes
    /ʁə.pɛ.jam/ or /ʁə.pe.jam/     		repayâtes
    /ʁə.pɛ.jat/ or /ʁə.pe.jat/     		repayèrent
    /ʁə.pɛ.jɛʁ/ or /ʁə.pe.jɛʁ/
    future repayerai or repaierai
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/     		repayeras or repaieras
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/     		repayera or repaiera
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁa/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁa/     		repayerons or repaierons
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɔ̃/     		repayerez or repaierez
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁe/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁe/     		repayeront or repaieront
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɔ̃/
    conditional repayerais or repaierais
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/     		repayerais or repaierais
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/     		repayerait or repaierait
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁɛ/     		repayerions or repaierions
    /ʁə.pɛ.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁjɔ̃/     		repayeriez or repaieriez
    /ʁə.pɛ.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.jə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁje/ or /ʁə.pe.ʁje/     		repayeraient or repaieraient
    /ʁə.pɛj.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pɛ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁə.pe.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 repaye or repaie
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/     		repayes or repaies
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/     		repaye or repaie
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/     		repayions
    /ʁə.pɛj.jɔ̃/     		repayiez
    /ʁə.pɛj.je/     		repayent or repaient
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/
    imperfect2 repayasse
    /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/     		repayasses
    /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/     		repayât
    /ʁə.pɛ.ja/ or /ʁə.pe.ja/     		repayassions
    /ʁə.pɛ.ja.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.ja.sjɔ̃/     		repayassiez
    /ʁə.pɛ.ja.sje/ or /ʁə.pe.ja.sje/     		repayassent
    /ʁə.pɛ.jas/ or /ʁə.pe.jas/
    (compound
    tenses)         		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
    imperative – tu – nous vous –
    simple — repaye or repaie
    /ʁə.pɛj/ or /ʁə.pɛ/     		— repayons
    /ʁə.pɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁə.pe.jɔ̃/     		repayez
    /ʁə.pɛ.je/ or /ʁə.pe.je/     		—
    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).

    Derived terms

    • repayeur

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