transmettre

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle French transmettre, borrowed from Latin trānsmittō, trānsmittere (“I transmit”), based on French mettre. Appeared in Old French as the form trametre.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -ɛtʁ

Verb[edit]

transmettre

  1. (transitive) to transmit

Conjugation[edit]

This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is transmis, not *transmettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with transmi-, not *transmetti-.

Conjugation of transmettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple transmettre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple transmettant
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle transmis
/tʁɑ̃s.mi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present transmets
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ/ 		transmets
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ/ 		transmet
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ/ 		transmettons
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tɔ̃/ 		transmettez
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.te/ 		transmettent
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛt/
imperfect transmettais
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tɛ/ 		transmettais
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tɛ/ 		transmettait
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tɛ/ 		transmettions
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ 		transmettiez
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tje/ 		transmettaient
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tɛ/
past historic2 transmis
/tʁɑ̃s.mi/ 		transmis
/tʁɑ̃s.mi/ 		transmit
/tʁɑ̃s.mi/ 		transmîmes
/tʁɑ̃s.mim/ 		transmîtes
/tʁɑ̃s.mit/ 		transmirent
/tʁɑ̃s.miʁ/
future transmettrai
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁe/ 		transmettras
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁa/ 		transmettra
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁa/ 		transmettrons
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ 		transmettrez
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁe/ 		transmettront
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional transmettrais
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁɛ/ 		transmettrais
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁɛ/ 		transmettrait
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁɛ/ 		transmettrions
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		transmettriez
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁi.je/ 		transmettraient
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present transmette
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛt/ 		transmettes
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛt/ 		transmette
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛt/ 		transmettions
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ 		transmettiez
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tje/ 		transmettent
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛt/
imperfect2 transmisse
/tʁɑ̃s.mis/ 		transmisses
/tʁɑ̃s.mis/ 		transmît
/tʁɑ̃s.mi/ 		transmissions
/tʁɑ̃s.mi.sjɔ̃/ 		transmissiez
/tʁɑ̃s.mi.sje/ 		transmissent
/tʁɑ̃s.mis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — transmets
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ/ 		— transmettons
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.tɔ̃/ 		transmettez
/tʁɑ̃s.mɛ.te/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is only usable with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Middle French[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin trānsmittō, trānsmittere (“I transmit”). Cf. also Old French trametre.

Verb[edit]

transmettre

  1. to transmit

Descendants[edit]

  • French: transmettre
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