commettre

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, borrowed from Latin committere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ.mɛtʁ/
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Verb

commettre

  1. to commit

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is commis, not *commettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with commi-, not *commetti-.

Conjugation of commettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple commettre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple commettant
/kɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃/ or /kɔ.me.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle commis
/kɔ.mi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present commets
/kɔ.mɛ/ 		commets
/kɔ.mɛ/ 		commet
/kɔ.mɛ/ 		commettons
/kɔ.mɛ.tɔ̃/ or /kɔ.me.tɔ̃/ 		commettez
/kɔ.mɛ.te/ or /kɔ.me.te/ 		commettent
/kɔ.mɛt/
imperfect commettais
/kɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ or /kɔ.me.tɛ/ 		commettais
/kɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ or /kɔ.me.tɛ/ 		commettait
/kɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ or /kɔ.me.tɛ/ 		commettions
/kɔ.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /kɔ.me.tjɔ̃/ 		commettiez
/kɔ.mɛ.tje/ or /kɔ.me.tje/ 		commettaient
/kɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ or /kɔ.me.tɛ/
past historic2 commis
/kɔ.mi/ 		commis
/kɔ.mi/ 		commit
/kɔ.mi/ 		commîmes
/kɔ.mim/ 		commîtes
/kɔ.mit/ 		commirent
/kɔ.miʁ/
future commettrai
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ.me.tʁe/ 		commettras
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ.me.tʁa/ 		commettra
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ.me.tʁa/ 		commettrons
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ.me.tʁɔ̃/ 		commettrez
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ.me.tʁe/ 		commettront
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ.me.tʁɔ̃/
conditional commettrais
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.me.tʁɛ/ 		commettrais
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.me.tʁɛ/ 		commettrait
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.me.tʁɛ/ 		commettrions
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ.me.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		commettriez
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁi.je/ or /kɔ.me.tʁi.je/ 		commettraient
/kɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ.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 commette
/kɔ.mɛt/ 		commettes
/kɔ.mɛt/ 		commette
/kɔ.mɛt/ 		commettions
/kɔ.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /kɔ.me.tjɔ̃/ 		commettiez
/kɔ.mɛ.tje/ or /kɔ.me.tje/ 		commettent
/kɔ.mɛt/
imperfect2 commisse
/kɔ.mis/ 		commisses
/kɔ.mis/ 		commît
/kɔ.mi/ 		commissions
/kɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/ 		commissiez
/kɔ.mi.sje/ 		commissent
/kɔ.mis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — commets
/kɔ.mɛ/ 		— commettons
/kɔ.mɛ.tɔ̃/ or /kɔ.me.tɔ̃/ 		commettez
/kɔ.mɛ.te/ or /kɔ.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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