rentre

Rentre is a French verb form derived from rentrer, meaning to return, go back inside, or re-enter. It is most commonly seen as the present-tense form il rentre (he returns) and as the imperative form Rentre! (go back/come home, informal singular). The same spelling also appears in the first-person singular present tense je rentre (I return) when the subject pronoun is explicit. The full present-tense paradigm is: je rentre, tu rentres, il rentre, nous rentrons, vous rentrez, ils rentrent. The past participle is rentré (masc.), rentrée (fem.).

In use, rentrer covers returning to a place, entering a building, or bringing something back indoors. Examples include Il rentre tard ce soir (He is coming home late tonight) and Rentre les jouets dans la maison (Bring the toys back inside). In compound tenses, the verb takes être: il est rentré, elle est rentrée. The form rentre also appears in expressions such as ce qui rentre dans le budget, meaning “what comes in” or “income.”

Etymology and related forms: rentrer is formed with the prefix re- plus entrer (to enter), conveying the sense of returning or going back in. Rentre is the root form used across several conjugations, while related forms include rentré, rentrée, and rentrant, each serving different gender, number, or participial functions. See also rentrer for the base verb and its broader range of senses.