émettre

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French

Etymology

From Middle French emettre, formed after Latin ēmittere. By surface analysis, é- +‎ mettre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e.mɛtʁ/
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Verb

émettre

  1. (transitive) to emit
  2. (transitive) to state, to express
  3. (transitive) to issue

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is émis, not *émettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with émi-, not *émetti-.

Conjugation of émettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple émettre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple émettant
/e.mɛ.tɑ̃/ or /e.me.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle émis
/e.mi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present émets
/e.mɛ/ 		émets
/e.mɛ/ 		émet
/e.mɛ/ 		émettons
/e.mɛ.tɔ̃/ or /e.me.tɔ̃/ 		émettez
/e.mɛ.te/ or /e.me.te/ 		émettent
/e.mɛt/
imperfect émettais
/e.mɛ.tɛ/ or /e.me.tɛ/ 		émettais
/e.mɛ.tɛ/ or /e.me.tɛ/ 		émettait
/e.mɛ.tɛ/ or /e.me.tɛ/ 		émettions
/e.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /e.me.tjɔ̃/ 		émettiez
/e.mɛ.tje/ or /e.me.tje/ 		émettaient
/e.mɛ.tɛ/ or /e.me.tɛ/
past historic2 émis
/e.mi/ 		émis
/e.mi/ 		émit
/e.mi/ 		émîmes
/e.mim/ 		émîtes
/e.mit/ 		émirent
/e.miʁ/
future émettrai
/e.mɛ.tʁe/ or /e.me.tʁe/ 		émettras
/e.mɛ.tʁa/ or /e.me.tʁa/ 		émettra
/e.mɛ.tʁa/ or /e.me.tʁa/ 		émettrons
/e.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /e.me.tʁɔ̃/ 		émettrez
/e.mɛ.tʁe/ or /e.me.tʁe/ 		émettront
/e.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /e.me.tʁɔ̃/
conditional émettrais
/e.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /e.me.tʁɛ/ 		émettrais
/e.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /e.me.tʁɛ/ 		émettrait
/e.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /e.me.tʁɛ/ 		émettrions
/e.mɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /e.me.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		émettriez
/e.mɛ.tʁi.je/ or /e.me.tʁi.je/ 		émettraient
/e.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /e.me.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 émette
/e.mɛt/ 		émettes
/e.mɛt/ 		émette
/e.mɛt/ 		émettions
/e.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /e.me.tjɔ̃/ 		émettiez
/e.mɛ.tje/ or /e.me.tje/ 		émettent
/e.mɛt/
imperfect2 émisse
/e.mis/ 		émisses
/e.mis/ 		émît
/e.mi/ 		émissions
/e.mi.sjɔ̃/ 		émissiez
/e.mi.sje/ 		émissent
/e.mis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — émets
/e.mɛ/ 		— émettons
/e.mɛ.tɔ̃/ or /e.me.tɔ̃/ 		émettez
/e.mɛ.te/ or /e.me.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 usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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