reposer

English

Noun

reposer (plural reposers)

1. One who reposes.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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French

Etymology

From Late Latin repausāre, present active infinitive of repausō, from Latin pausō.

Pronunciation

• audio (se reposer)

  (file)

• IPA: /ʁə.po.ze/

Verb

reposer

1. (transitive) to put down, to place
2. (transitive) to rest
3. (reflexive, se reposer) to rest, to repose

Conjugation

   Conjugation of reposer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reposer			avoir reposé
gerund		en reposant			en ayant reposé
present participle		reposant
past participle		reposé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	repose	reposes	repose	reposons	reposez	reposent
	imperfect	reposais	reposais	reposait	reposions	reposiez	reposaient
	past historic1	reposai	reposas	reposa	reposâmes	reposâtes	reposèrent
	future	reposerai	reposeras	reposera	reposerons	reposerez	reposeront
	conditional	reposerais	reposerais	reposerait	reposerions	reposeriez	reposeraient
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	repose	reposes	repose	reposions	reposiez	reposent
	imperfect1	reposasse	reposasses	reposât	reposassions	reposassiez	reposassent
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	–
		—	repose	—	reposons	reposez	—
1literary tenses

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Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin repausāre, present active infinitive of repausō, from Latin pausō.

Verb

reposer

1. to rest (be inactive in order to recuperate)

Conjugation

• Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

   Conjugation of reposer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reposer			avoir reposé, reposez
gerund		en reposant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		reposant
past participle		reposé, reposez
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jeo, jou	tu	il	nos, nous	vos, vous	ils
simple tenses	present	repose	reposes	repose	reposons	reposez, reposés	reposent
	imperfect	reposoe, reposeie, reposoie	reposoes, reposeies, reposoies	reposot, reposeit, reposoit	reposions, reposiions	reposiez, reposiiez	reposoent, reposient, reposoient
	past historic	reposa	reposas	reposa	reposames	reposastes	reposerent
	future	reposerai	reposeras	reposera	reposerons	reposerez, reposereiz	reposeront
	conditional	reposeroe, reposereie, reposeroie	reposeroes, reposereied, reposeroied	reposerot, reposereie, reposeroie	reposerions, reposeriions	reposeriez, reposeriiez	reposeroent, reposereient, reposeroient
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 anterior	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 jeo, jou	que tu	qu’il	que nos, nous	que vos, vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	repose	reposes	repose	reposons	reposez	reposent
	imperfect	reposasse	reposasses	reposast	reposissons	reposissez, reposissiez	reposassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos, nous	vos, vous	–
		—	repose	—	reposons	reposez	—