relancer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ lancer (“throw”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.lɑ̃.se/

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Verb

relancer

1. to throw back
2. to relaunch
3. to boost, to revive (economically)
4. to reboot (a computer)
5. to restart (an initiative, project, or engine)
6. 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		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
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: 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

• relancement

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• renâcler