repayer

English

Etymology

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

• Pereyra

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ payer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.pɛ.je/, /ʁə.pe.je/

• Audio

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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

Further reading

• “repayer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.