Yap.Town

il retentit

rings out, echoes

ʁ ə . t ɑ̃ . t i → retentir
verb · third singular · present indicative Rare #35,072
rings out, echoes Can be present tense ("it rings out") or the literary simple past ("it rang out") in narratives.
FR: Une sirène retentit dans la rue.
EN: A siren rings out in the street.
Conjugation of retentir
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third retentit —
Indicative past
SingularPlural
Third retentit —

Le téléphone retentit quelques minutes plus tard.

The phone rang a few minutes later.

Lorsque la cloche retentit, l'instituteur termina le cours.

When the bell rang, the teacher ended the lesson.

Finalement, la sonnette retentit.

Finally, the doorbell rang.

La sonnerie retentit.

The bell rings.

Dans la nuit, un coup de feu retentit.

In the night, a shot rang out.

J'étais encore en train de manger lorsque la sonnette retentit.

I was still eating when the doorbell rang.

Le sifflet retentit.

The whistle blew.

Sounds similar to

ressenti ʁ ə . s ɑ̃ . t i ressentis ʁ ə . s ɑ̃ . t i