redescendre

go back down, come back down

ʁ ə . d e . s ɑ̃ d ʁ
re again or back + descendre to go down, to come down, to descend; to get off (a bus/train)
verb Rare #25,845
go back down, come back down Often used for descending again after having gone up (stairs, a mountain, etc.).
FR: Je vais redescendre les escaliers.
EN: I’m going to go back down the stairs.
Conjugation of redescendre
redescendre
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First redescends
Second redescends
Third redescend
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second redescends

Il faut redescendre, ça y est j'ai vu.

We need to go back down—I see it now.

— Intouchables (2011)

Ce qui monte doit redescendre.

What goes up must come down.

Redescendre!

Going back down!

— Wicked (2024)

On a des gens à redescendre.

We have people to bring back down.

— Apocalypse Now (1979)

Vous allez redescendre et dire à Judy de remonter.

You're going to go back down and tell Judy to come back up.

Hier, au dernier moment, j'ai failli redescendre sans glisser de mot.

Yesterday, at the last moment, I almost went back down without slipping a note.

— Monsieur Hire (1989)

N'oubliez pas de freiner, si vous ne voulez pas redescendre!

Don't forget to brake if you don't want to go back down!

— La Grande Vadrouille (1966)

Grand-mère te fait redescendre.

Grandma brings you back down to earth.

— Le Maître d'armes (2006)

Il va redescendre.

He will come back down.

— Mommy (2014)

On doit redescendre.

We have to go back down.

— Le Cercle des neiges (2023)

Mais je peux redescendre en voiture demain matin.

But I can drive back down tomorrow morning.

Mais on l'a fait redescendre.

But we brought him back down.

Vous allez devoir y redescendre pour installer ce dispositif.

You will have to go back down there to install this device.

— Cold Storage (2026)