ravoir

French

Etymology

From Middle French ravoir: equivalent to re- +‎ avoir.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.vwaʁ/

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• Rhymes: -aʁ

Verb

ravoir

1. (defective, chiefly North America) to have back, to get back

Conjugation

Generally only used in the infinitive.

Conjugation of ravoir (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	ravoir
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rayant /ʁɛ.jɑ̃/ or /ʁe.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		reu /ʁy/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rai /ʁe/	ras /ʁa/	ra /ʁa/	ravons /ʁa.vɔ̃/	ravez /ʁa.ve/	ront /ʁɔ̃/
	imperfect	ravais /ʁa.vɛ/	ravais /ʁa.vɛ/	ravait /ʁa.vɛ/	ravions /ʁa.vjɔ̃/	raviez /ʁa.vje/	ravaient /ʁa.vɛ/
	past historic2	reus /ʁy/	reus /ʁy/	reut /ʁy/	reûmes /ʁym/	reûtes /ʁyt/	reurent /ʁyʁ/
	future	raurai /ʁɔ.ʁe/ or /ʁo.ʁe/	rauras /ʁɔ.ʁa/ or /ʁo.ʁa/	raura /ʁɔ.ʁa/ or /ʁo.ʁa/	raurons /ʁɔ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁo.ʁɔ̃/	raurez /ʁɔ.ʁe/ or /ʁo.ʁe/	rauront /ʁɔ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ʁo.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	raurais /ʁɔ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁo.ʁɛ/	raurais /ʁɔ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁo.ʁɛ/	raurait /ʁɔ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁo.ʁɛ/	raurions /ʁɔ.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁo.ʁjɔ̃/	rauriez /ʁɔ.ʁje/ or /ʁo.ʁje/	rauraient /ʁɔ.ʁɛ/ or /ʁo.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	raie /ʁɛ/	raies /ʁɛ/	rait /ʁɛ/	rayons /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/	rayez /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.je/	raient /ʁɛ/
	imperfect2	reusse /ʁys/	reusses /ʁys/	reût /ʁy/	reussions /ʁy.sjɔ̃/	reussiez /ʁy.sje/	reussent /ʁys/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	raie /ʁɛ/	—	rayons /ʁɛ.jɔ̃/ or /ʁe.jɔ̃/	rayez /ʁɛ.je/ or /ʁe.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).

Further reading

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

Middle French

Etymology

re- +‎ avoir

Verb

ravoir

1. to have again