Infinitive
Gerund
en retenant
Participles
| Present | retenant |
| Past | retenu |
Indicative
Present
| 1st sing. | retieng; retien |
| 2nd sing. | retiens |
| 3rd sing. | retient |
| 1st plur. | retenons |
| 2nd plur. | retenez |
| 3rd plur. | retienent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | retenoie; reteneie |
| 2nd sing. | retenoies; reteneies |
| 3rd sing. | retenoit; reteneit |
| 1st plur. | reteniiens; reteniens |
| 2nd plur. | reteniiez; reteniez |
| 3rd plur. | retenoient; reteneient |
Preterite
| 1st sing. | retin |
| 2nd sing. | retenis |
| 3rd sing. | retint |
| 1st plur. | retenimes |
| 2nd plur. | retenistes |
| 3rd plur. | retindrent; retinrent |
Future
| 1st sing. | retendrai |
| 2nd sing. | retendras |
| 3rd sing. | retendra |
| 1st plur. | retendrons |
| 2nd plur. | retendroiz; retendreiz; retendrez |
| 3rd plur. | retendront |
Conditional
| 1st sing. | retendroie; retendreie |
| 2nd sing. | retendroies; retendreies |
| 3rd sing. | retendroit; retendreit |
| 1st plur. | retendriiens; retendriens |
| 2nd plur. | retendriiez; retendriez |
| 3rd plur. | retendroient; retendreient |
Subjunctive
Present
| 1st sing. | retiegne |
| 2nd sing. | retiegnes |
| 3rd sing. | retiegne |
| 1st plur. | retiegniens; retiegnons |
| 2nd plur. | retiegniez |
| 3rd plur. | retiegnent |
Imperfect
| 1st sing. | retenisse |
| 2nd sing. | retenisses |
| 3rd sing. | retenist |
| 1st plur. | retenissons; retenissiens |
| 2nd plur. | retenissoiz; retenissez; retenissiez |
| 3rd plur. | retenissent |
Imperative
| 2nd sing. | retien |
| 1st plur. | retenons |
| 2nd plur. | retenez |
Verbs conjugated like retenir
detenir,
devenir,
sovenir,
sustenir,
couvenir,
soustenir,
covenir,
obtenir,
apertenir,
meintenir,
apartenir,
entrevenir,
souvenir,
sostenir,
astenir,
avenir,
retenir,
contretenir,
abstenir,
resovenir, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *retenīre, from Latin retinēre. See: Latin '
retineō'.
Verbs referencing "retenir"
English
retain, French
retenir.
Sample Sentences
Cognates
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