montrer

French

Etymology

From Middle French monstrer, from Old French moustrer, mostrer (etc.), from Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /mɔ̃.tʁe/

Verb

montrer

1. to show
2. (reflexive) to display, to demonstrate one's characteristics

Conjugation

   Conjugation of montrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		montrer			avoir montré
gerund		en montrant			en ayant montré
present participle		montrant
past participle		montré
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	montre	montres	montre	montrons	montrez	montrent
	imperfect	montrais	montrais	montrait	montrions	montriez	montraient
	past historic1	montrai	montras	montra	montrâmes	montrâtes	montrèrent
	future	montrerai	montreras	montrera	montrerons	montrerez	montreront
	conditional	montrerais	montrerais	montrerait	montrerions	montreriez	montreraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	montre	montres	montre	montrions	montriez	montrent
	imperfect1	montrasse	montrasses	montrât	montrassions	montrassiez	montrassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	montre	—	montrons	montrez	—
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