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/ʁə.ʒə.te/

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Translation

to reject, to throw back

Word origin

From re- ('back, again') and jeter ('to throw'), which comes from Vulgar Latin iectare, a form of Latin iactare ('to throw repeatedly'). English 'reject' and 'rejection' come from the matching Latin verb reicere.

Origin
Latin
Root
re- + iactare
English cognates
reject, rejection, jet

Grammar

Verb type-er regular with tt doubling (1st group, like jeter)

Conjugation

Regular -er conjugation. Pronouns: je, tu, il/elle, nous, vous, ils/elles.

Indicative

Person PresentImperfectPast historicFutureConditional
jerejeterejetaisrejetairejeterairejeterais
turejetesrejetaisrejetasrejeterasrejeterais
il/ellerejeterejetaitrejetarejeterarejeterait
nousrejetonsrejetionsrejetâmesrejeteronsrejeterions
vousrejetezrejetiezrejetâtesrejeterezrejeteriez
ils/ellesrejetentrejetaientrejetèrentrejeterontrejeteraient

Subjunctive

Person PresentImperfect
jerejeterejetasse
turejetesrejetasses
il/ellerejeterejetât
nousrejetionsrejetassions
vousrejetiezrejetassiez
ils/ellesrejetentrejetassent

Imperative

Person Affirmative
turejete
nousrejetons
vousrejetez

Non-finite

Gerund / present participle
rejetant
Past participle
rejeté · rejetée · rejetés · rejetées

Examples

.

The committee rejected our proposal.

rejette .

The sea sometimes throws strange objects back onto the beach.

rejette .

Do not throw the blame onto other people.

L' rejette usées .

The factory discharges its waste water into the river.

greffe.

His body rejected the transplant.

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This word is part of lesson 38.