renouer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ nouer.

Verb

renouer

1. (transitive) to tie in a knot again
2. (transitive) to pick up on (a conversation)
3. (reflexive, ~ avec) to rekindle a friendship (with), to get back in touch (with)

Conjugation

Conjugation of renouer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	renouer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	renouant /ʁə.nwɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		renoué /ʁə.nwe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	renoue /ʁə.nu/	renoues /ʁə.nu/	renoue /ʁə.nu/	renouons /ʁə.nwɔ̃/	renouez /ʁə.nwe/	renouent /ʁə.nu/
	imperfect	renouais /ʁə.nwɛ/	renouais /ʁə.nwɛ/	renouait /ʁə.nwɛ/	renouions /ʁə.nu.jɔ̃/	renouiez /ʁə.nu.je/	renouaient /ʁə.nwɛ/
	past historic2	renouai /ʁə.nwe/	renouas /ʁə.nwa/	renoua /ʁə.nwa/	renouâmes /ʁə.nwam/	renouâtes /ʁə.nwat/	renouèrent /ʁə.nwɛʁ/
	future	renouerai /ʁə.nu.ʁe/	renoueras /ʁə.nu.ʁa/	renouera /ʁə.nu.ʁa/	renouerons /ʁə.nu.ʁɔ̃/	renouerez /ʁə.nu.ʁe/	renoueront /ʁə.nu.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	renouerais /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/	renouerais /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/	renouerait /ʁə.nu.ʁɛ/	renouerions /ʁə.nu.ʁjɔ̃/	renoueriez /ʁə.nu.ʁje/	renoueraient /ʁə.nu.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	renoue /ʁə.nu/	renoues /ʁə.nu/	renoue /ʁə.nu/	renouions /ʁə.nu.jɔ̃/	renouiez /ʁə.nu.je/	renouent /ʁə.nu/
	imperfect2	renouasse /ʁə.nwas/	renouasses /ʁə.nwas/	renouât /ʁə.nwa/	renouassions /ʁə.nwa.sjɔ̃/	renouassiez /ʁə.nwa.sje/	renouassent /ʁə.nwas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	renoue /ʁə.nu/	—	renouons /ʁə.nwɔ̃/	renouez /ʁə.nwe/	—
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).

Related terms

• dénouer

Further reading

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