rengainer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ engainer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/, /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.ne/

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Verb

rengainer

1. (transitive) to sheathe (a sword), to holster (a gun), etc.
2. (transitive, figuratively) to swallow, hold back (force oneself to not utter)

Conjugation

Conjugation of rengainer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rengainer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rengainant /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɑ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rengainé /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	rengaine /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/	rengaines /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/	rengaine /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/	rengainons /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nɔ̃/	rengainez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.ne/	rengainent /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/
	imperfect	rengainais /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nɛ/	rengainais /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nɛ/	rengainait /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nɛ/	rengainions /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.njɔ̃/	rengainiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nje/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nje/	rengainaient /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nɛ/
	past historic2	rengainai /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.ne/	rengainas /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.na/	rengaina /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.na/	rengainâmes /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nam/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nam/	rengainâtes /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nat/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nat/	rengainèrent /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɛʁ/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nɛʁ/
	future	rengainerai /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁe/	rengaineras /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁa/	rengainera /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁa/	rengainerons /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɔ̃/	rengainerez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁe/	rengaineront /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	rengainerais /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/	rengainerais /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/	rengainerait /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.ʁɛ/	rengainerions /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	rengaineriez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nə.ʁje/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nə.ʁje/	rengaineraient /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn.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	rengaine /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/	rengaines /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/	rengaine /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/	rengainions /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.njɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.njɔ̃/	rengainiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nje/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nje/	rengainent /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/
	imperfect2	rengainasse /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nas/	rengainasses /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nas/	rengainât /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.na/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.na/	rengainassions /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.na.sjɔ̃/	rengainassiez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.na.sje/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.na.sje/	rengainassent /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nas/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	rengaine /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛn/	—	rengainons /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.nɔ̃/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.nɔ̃/	rengainez /ʁɑ̃.ɡɛ.ne/ or /ʁɑ̃.ɡe.ne/	—
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

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