riposter

French

Etymology

From riposte +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁi.pɔs.te/
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Verb

riposter

  1. to retort
  2. (fencing) to ripost

Conjugation

Conjugation of riposter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple riposter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple ripostant
/ʁi.pɔs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle riposté
/ʁi.pɔs.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present riposte
/ʁi.pɔst/ 		ripostes
/ʁi.pɔst/ 		riposte
/ʁi.pɔst/ 		ripostons
/ʁi.pɔs.tɔ̃/ 		ripostez
/ʁi.pɔs.te/ 		ripostent
/ʁi.pɔst/
imperfect ripostais
/ʁi.pɔs.tɛ/ 		ripostais
/ʁi.pɔs.tɛ/ 		ripostait
/ʁi.pɔs.tɛ/ 		ripostions
/ʁi.pɔs.tjɔ̃/ 		ripostiez
/ʁi.pɔs.tje/ 		ripostaient
/ʁi.pɔs.tɛ/
past historic2 ripostai
/ʁi.pɔs.te/ 		ripostas
/ʁi.pɔs.ta/ 		riposta
/ʁi.pɔs.ta/ 		ripostâmes
/ʁi.pɔs.tam/ 		ripostâtes
/ʁi.pɔs.tat/ 		ripostèrent
/ʁi.pɔs.tɛʁ/
future riposterai
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁe/ 		riposteras
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁa/ 		ripostera
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁa/ 		riposterons
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ 		riposterez
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁe/ 		riposteront
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional riposterais
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		riposterais
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		riposterait
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ 		riposterions
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		riposteriez
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.ʁje/ 		riposteraient
/ʁi.pɔs.tə.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 riposte
/ʁi.pɔst/ 		ripostes
/ʁi.pɔst/ 		riposte
/ʁi.pɔst/ 		ripostions
/ʁi.pɔs.tjɔ̃/ 		ripostiez
/ʁi.pɔs.tje/ 		ripostent
/ʁi.pɔst/
imperfect2 ripostasse
/ʁi.pɔs.tas/ 		ripostasses
/ʁi.pɔs.tas/ 		ripostât
/ʁi.pɔs.ta/ 		ripostassions
/ʁi.pɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ 		ripostassiez
/ʁi.pɔs.ta.sje/ 		ripostassent
/ʁi.pɔs.tas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — riposte
/ʁi.pɔst/ 		— ripostons
/ʁi.pɔs.tɔ̃/ 		ripostez
/ʁi.pɔs.te/ 		—
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).

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