Renvoie

Renvoie is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb renvoyer. The verb renvoyer has several related senses, most often connected to sending something back or pointing to another reference.

The primary sense is to return or send back something to its origin or owner. For example, Il renvoie le colis à l'expéditeur means he is sending the package back to the sender. This sense covers returning objects, messages, or information.

A second common sense is to refer to or point to something else, particularly within a text or discourse. In this use, the verb is often followed by the preposition à: Le passage renvoie au chapitre précédent, or Cette image renvoie à une réalité de l’époque. Here, renvoyer indicates a cross-reference or allusion rather than a direct statement.

In scholarly and legal writing, renvoyer can also mean to refer a matter to another document, decision, or authority for consideration. The related noun renvoi describes the act or instance of such cross-reference or referral; in dictionaries and legal texts, un renvoi denotes a cross-reference directing the reader elsewhere.

Conjugation in the present tense is: je renvoie, tu renvoies, il renvoie, nous renvoyons, vous renvoyez, ils renvoient. The form renvoie appears specifically in the third-person singular. The term is used across everyday language, publishing, law, and information science to describe sending back, redirecting readers, or linking text to other sources. The noun renvoi is closely related and often preferred when naming the act of cross-reference.