racheter

French

Verb

racheter

1. to buy out, buy off
2. (reflexive) to make amends

Related terms

• acheter
• rachat
• rachetable

Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ before a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il rachète rather than *il rachete. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.

   Conjugation of racheter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		racheter			avoir racheté
gerund		en rachetant			en ayant racheté
present participle		rachetant
past participle		racheté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	rachète	rachètes	rachète	rachetons	rachetez	rachètent
	imperfect	rachetais	rachetais	rachetait	rachetions	rachetiez	rachetaient
	past historic1	rachetai	rachetas	racheta	rachetâmes	rachetâtes	rachetèrent
	future	rachèterai	rachèteras	rachètera	rachèterons	rachèterez	rachèteront
	conditional	rachèterais	rachèterais	rachèterait	rachèterions	rachèteriez	rachèteraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	rachète	rachètes	rachète	rachetions	rachetiez	rachètent
	imperfect1	rachetasse	rachetasses	rachetât	rachetassions	rachetassiez	rachetassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	rachète	—	rachetons	rachetez	—
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