rétrograder

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin retrōgradāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.de/
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Verb

rétrograder

  1. to turn back, go back
  2. to retrogress
  3. (motoring) to downshift
  4. (military) to demote
  5. (computing) to downgrade

Conjugation

Conjugation of rétrograder (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple rétrograder
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple rétrogradant
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle rétrogradé
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.de/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present rétrograde
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/ 		rétrogrades
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/ 		rétrograde
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/ 		rétrogradons
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dɔ̃/ 		rétrogradez
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.de/ 		rétrogradent
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/
imperfect rétrogradais
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dɛ/ 		rétrogradais
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dɛ/ 		rétrogradait
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dɛ/ 		rétrogradions
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.djɔ̃/ 		rétrogradiez
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dje/ 		rétrogradaient
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dɛ/
past historic2 rétrogradai
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.de/ 		rétrogradas
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.da/ 		rétrograda
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.da/ 		rétrogradâmes
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dam/ 		rétrogradâtes
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dat/ 		rétrogradèrent
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dɛʁ/
future rétrograderai
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁe/ 		rétrograderas
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁa/ 		rétrogradera
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁa/ 		rétrograderons
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁɔ̃/ 		rétrograderez
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁe/ 		rétrograderont
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁɔ̃/
conditional rétrograderais
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁɛ/ 		rétrograderais
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁɛ/ 		rétrograderait
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dʁɛ/ 		rétrograderions
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.də.ʁjɔ̃/ 		rétrograderiez
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.də.ʁje/ 		rétrograderaient
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.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 rétrograde
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/ 		rétrogrades
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/ 		rétrograde
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/ 		rétrogradions
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.djɔ̃/ 		rétrogradiez
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dje/ 		rétrogradent
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/
imperfect2 rétrogradasse
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.das/ 		rétrogradasses
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.das/ 		rétrogradât
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.da/ 		rétrogradassions
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.da.sjɔ̃/ 		rétrogradassiez
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.da.sje/ 		rétrogradassent
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.das/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — rétrograde
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁad/ 		— rétrogradons
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.dɔ̃/ 		rétrogradez
/ʁe.tʁɔ.ɡʁa.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).

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