Conjugations
All six tenses and their examples are shown below. Use the links above to jump to a tense. English translations use the meaning “to reheat.”
Present Présent
Habits, current states, and actions happening now.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réchauffe | I reheat | |
| tu | réchauffes | you reheat | |
| il / elle / on | réchauffe | he / she / it reheatson: we reheat / one reheats | |
| nous | réchauffons | we reheat | |
| vous | réchauffez | you reheat | |
| ils / elles | réchauffent | they reheat |
IN A SENTENCEPresent example
Paul réchauffe la soupe pour le dîner.
Paul reheats the soup for dinner.
Passé composé
Completed past events, using avoir or être plus a past participle.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | ai réchauffé | I reheated | |
| tu | as réchauffé | you reheated | |
| il / elle / on | a réchauffé | he / she / it reheatedon: we reheated / one reheated | |
| nous | avons réchauffé | we reheated | |
| vous | avez réchauffé | you reheated | |
| ils / elles | ont réchauffé | they reheated |
IN A SENTENCEPassé composé example
Hier, Paul a réchauffé la soupe pour le dîner.
Yesterday, Paul reheated the soup for dinner.
The passé composé uses avoir. The table shows the unmarked participle; agreement with a preceding direct object is outside this reference.
Back to tense navigation ↑Imperfect Imparfait
Past habits, descriptions, and actions in progress.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réchauffais | I used to reheat | |
| tu | réchauffais | you used to reheat | |
| il / elle / on | réchauffait | he / she / it used to reheaton: we used to reheat / one used to reheat | |
| nous | réchauffions | we used to reheat | |
| vous | réchauffiez | you used to reheat | |
| ils / elles | réchauffaient | they used to reheat |
IN A SENTENCEImperfect example
Autrefois, Paul réchauffait la soupe pour le dîner.
Back then, Paul used to reheat the soup for dinner.
Future Futur simple
Future events and predictions.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réchaufferai | I will reheat | |
| tu | réchaufferas | you will reheat | |
| il / elle / on | réchauffera | he / she / it will reheaton: we will reheat / one will reheat | |
| nous | réchaufferons | we will reheat | |
| vous | réchaufferez | you will reheat | |
| ils / elles | réchaufferont | they will reheat |
IN A SENTENCEFuture example
Plus tard, Paul réchauffera la soupe pour le dîner.
Later, Paul will reheat the soup for dinner.
Conditional Conditionnel présent
Hypothetical events and polite requests.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réchaufferais | I would reheat | |
| tu | réchaufferais | you would reheat | |
| il / elle / on | réchaufferait | he / she / it would reheaton: we would reheat / one would reheat | |
| nous | réchaufferions | we would reheat | |
| vous | réchaufferiez | you would reheat | |
| ils / elles | réchaufferaient | they would reheat |
IN A SENTENCEConditional example
Paul réchaufferait la soupe pour le dîner.
Paul would reheat the soup for dinner.
Present subjunctive Subjonctif présent
Dependent clauses expressing wishes, necessity, doubt, and certain feelings.
| Subject | French | English | Listen |
|---|---|---|---|
| je / j’ | réchauffe | (that) I reheat | |
| tu | réchauffes | (that) you reheat | |
| il / elle / on | réchauffe | (that) he / she / it reheatson: (that) we reheat / one reheats | |
| nous | réchauffions | (that) we reheat | |
| vous | réchauffiez | (that) you reheat | |
| ils / elles | réchauffent | (that) they reheat |
IN A SENTENCEPresent subjunctive example
Il est possible que Paul réchauffe la soupe pour le dîner.
It is possible that Paul reheats the soup for dinner.
French forms omit the subject. Use j’ before a vowel sound. Vous is polite singular or plural “you”; on often means “we,” or the general “one.” English wording depends on the context: passé composé can also use “have,” and the imperfect can describe an ongoing action. Subjunctive translations here follow “it is possible that.”
Meaning & usage
- to reheat
- to heat up, warm up
English glosses are a starting point. The meaning of a verb can change with context, a preposition, or se. Read the full dictionary entry ↗
Meanings and simple conjugation forms adapted from English Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org / Wiktextract. Passé composé forms combine the source auxiliary and past participle. Frequency scores from wordfreq 3.1.1 by Robyn Speer and contributors. Adapted data is available under CC BY-SA 4.0. Entry source · Sources, download & limitations