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réfléchir

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin reflectere and adapted to French fléchir.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁe.fle.ʃiʁ/
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Verb

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réfléchir

  1. (transitive) to reflect
  2. (transitive, figurative) to reflect, to manifest, to show
  3. (intransitive) to ponder, to reflect [with à or sur ‘on/about something’]
    Tu dois réfléchir à ta conduite.
    You must reflect on your behaviour.
    Elle réfléchit sur son avenir.
    She ponders about her future.
  4. (transitive) to realize [with que (+ indicative clause) ‘that something is the case’]
  5. (transitive) to judge, to deem [with que (+ indicative clause) ‘that something is the case’]
  6. (reflexive) to be reflected [with dans ‘in something’ or sur ‘on something’]
    Nos visages se réfléchissent dans l’étang.
    Our faces are reflected in the pond.

Conjugation

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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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