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retrouver to find (again); to rediscover; to remember; to recall

retrouver is the #247 most common word in French, a verb. It means “to find (again); to rediscover; to remember; to recall” and is pronounced /ʁə.tʁu.ve/.

#247frequency rank
0.03%of everyday French text
Level 1Beginner 1

Forms of retrouver

FormWhat it isMeaning
retrouverinfinitiveto find
retrouvant-ing formfinding
retrouvépast participlefound
retrouveI · presentI find
retrouvesyou · presentyou find
retrouvehe/she · presenthe/she finds
retrouvonswe · presentwe find
retrouvezyou (pl.) · presentyou (pl.) find
retrouventthey · presentthey find
retrouvaisI · imperfectI used to find
retrouvaisyou · imperfectyou used to find
retrouvaithe/she · imperfecthe/she used to find
retrouvionswe · imperfectwe used to find
retrouviezyou (pl.) · imperfectyou (pl.) used to find
retrouvaientthey · imperfectthey used to find
retrouvaiI · pastI found
retrouvasyou · pastyou found
retrouvahe/she · pasthe/she found
retrouvâmeswe · pastwe found
retrouvâtesyou (pl.) · pastyou (pl.) found
retrouvèrentthey · pastthey found
retrouveraiI · futureI will find
retrouverasyou · futureyou will find
retrouverahe/she · futurehe/she will find
retrouveronswe · futurewe will find
retrouverezyou (pl.) · futureyou (pl.) will find
retrouverontthey · futurethey will find
retrouveraisI · conditionalI would find
retrouveraisyou · conditionalyou would find
retrouveraithe/she · conditionalhe/she would find
retrouverionswe · conditionalwe would find
retrouveriezyou (pl.) · conditionalyou (pl.) would find
retrouveraientthey · conditionalthey would find
retrouveI · subjunctive present(that) I find
retrouvesyou · subjunctive present(that) you find
retrouvehe/she · subjunctive present(that) he/she find
retrouvionswe · subjunctive present(that) we find
retrouviezyou (pl.) · subjunctive present(that) you (pl.) find
retrouventthey · subjunctive present(that) they find
retrouvasseI · subjunctive imperfect(if) I found
retrouvassesyou · subjunctive imperfect(if) you found
retrouvâthe/she · subjunctive imperfect(if) he/she found
retrouvassionswe · subjunctive imperfect(if) we found
retrouvassiezyou (pl.) · subjunctive imperfect(if) you (pl.) found
retrouvassentthey · subjunctive imperfect(if) they found
retrouveyou · commandfind!
retrouvonswe · commandfind! (to several)
retrouvezyou (pl.) · commandfind! (to several)

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