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retentir

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French

Etymology

From re- + Old French tentir, from *tinnitire, from a participle form of Latin tinnire.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.tɑ̃.tiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

retentir

  1. (intransitive) to ring, to ring out
    Synonym: résonner
  2. (intransitive, figurative) to have a strong effect

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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