remordre

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

remordre

1. to rebite, bite again, bite back

Conjugation

Conjugation of remordre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	remordre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	remordant /ʁə.mɔʁ.dɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		remordu /ʁə.mɔʁ.dy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	remords /ʁə.mɔʁ/	remords /ʁə.mɔʁ/	remord /ʁə.mɔʁ/	remordons /ʁə.mɔʁ.dɔ̃/	remordez /ʁə.mɔʁ.de/	remordent /ʁə.mɔʁd/
	imperfect	remordais /ʁə.mɔʁ.dɛ/	remordais /ʁə.mɔʁ.dɛ/	remordait /ʁə.mɔʁ.dɛ/	remordions /ʁə.mɔʁ.djɔ̃/	remordiez /ʁə.mɔʁ.dje/	remordaient /ʁə.mɔʁ.dɛ/
	past historic2	remordis /ʁə.mɔʁ.di/	remordis /ʁə.mɔʁ.di/	remordit /ʁə.mɔʁ.di/	remordîmes /ʁə.mɔʁ.dim/	remordîtes /ʁə.mɔʁ.dit/	remordirent /ʁə.mɔʁ.diʁ/
	future	remordrai /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁe/	remordras /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁa/	remordra /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁa/	remordrons /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/	remordrez /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁe/	remordront /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁɔ̃/
	conditional	remordrais /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁɛ/	remordrais /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁɛ/	remordrait /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁɛ/	remordrions /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁi.jɔ̃/	remordriez /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁi.je/	remordraient /ʁə.mɔʁ.dʁɛ/
(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	remorde /ʁə.mɔʁd/	remordes /ʁə.mɔʁd/	remorde /ʁə.mɔʁd/	remordions /ʁə.mɔʁ.djɔ̃/	remordiez /ʁə.mɔʁ.dje/	remordent /ʁə.mɔʁd/
	imperfect2	remordisse /ʁə.mɔʁ.dis/	remordisses /ʁə.mɔʁ.dis/	remordît /ʁə.mɔʁ.di/	remordissions /ʁə.mɔʁ.di.sjɔ̃/	remordissiez /ʁə.mɔʁ.di.sje/	remordissent /ʁə.mɔʁ.dis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	remords /ʁə.mɔʁ/	—	remordons /ʁə.mɔʁ.dɔ̃/	remordez /ʁə.mɔʁ.de/	—
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).

Further reading

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

Old French

Verb

remordre

1. (often figuratively) to bite (of an emotion, etc., to take hold)

   la conscience ne remort point a ces riches homme

   the conscience doesn't bite these rich men

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

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

		simple			compound
infinitive		remordre			avoir remors
gerund		en remordant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		remordant
past participle		remors
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	remort	remorz	remort	remordons	remordez	remordent
	imperfect	remordoie, remordeie	remordoies, remordeies	remordoit, remordeit	remordiiens, remordiens	remordiiez, remordiez	remordoient, remordeient
	preterite	remors	remorsis	remorst	remorsimes	remorsistes	remorstrent
	future	remordrai	remordras	remordra	remordrons	remordroiz, remordreiz, remordrez	remordront
	conditional	remordroie, remordreie	remordroies, remordreies	remordroit, remordreit	remordriiens, remordriens	remordriiez, remordriez	remordroient, remordreient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	remorde	remordes	remorde	remordons	remordez	remordent
	imperfect	remorsisse	remorsisses	remorsist	remorsissons, remorsissiens	remorsissoiz, remorsissez, remorsissiez	remorsissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	remort	—	remordons	remordez	—

Descendants

• → English: remord
• French: remordre

References

• remordre on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub