remettre

French

Etymology

Old French remetre, from the Latin verb remitto, from re- + mitto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.mɛtʁ/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʁ

Verb

remettre

1. to put back, replace
2. to put (clothing etc.) back on
3. to restart (machine etc.)
4. to hand over, tender, hand in, deliver (à to)
5. to put off, postpone (à until)
6. to remember
7. to add (more)
8. to forgive, remit
9. (reflexive) to get over, to recover (de from)
   • 1862, Victor Hugo, Les Misérables, I.1.iv:

     Quant à l'évêque, avoir vu la guillotine fut pour lui un choc, et il fut longtemps à s’en remettre.

     As for the bishop, seeing the guillotine had been a shock for him, and it took him a long time to get over it.

10. (reflexive) to take up again, start (to do something) again

    Il s'est remis à fumer. He's started smoking again.

11. (reflexive) To get back

Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is remis, not *remettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with remi-, not *remetti-.

   Conjugation of remettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		remettre			avoir remis
gerund		en remettant			en ayant remis
present participle		remettant
past participle		remis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	remets	remets	remet	remettons	remettez	remettent
	imperfect	remettais	remettais	remettait	remettions	remettiez	remettaient
	past historic1	remis	remis	remit	remîmes	remîtes	remirent
	future	remettrai	remettras	remettra	remettrons	remettrez	remettront
	conditional	remettrais	remettrais	remettrait	remettrions	remettriez	remettraient
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	remette	remettes	remette	remettions	remettiez	remettent
	imperfect1	remisse	remisses	remît	remissions	remissiez	remissent
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	–
		—	remets	—	remettons	remettez	—
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