démettre

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French

Etymology

From dé- +‎ mettre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.mɛtʁ/
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Verb

démettre

  1. (transitive) to dismiss, discharge (from a post)
  2. (transitive, law) to nonsuit (dismiss on the grounds of a lawsuit being brought without cause)
  3. (transitive or reflexive) to dislocate (a bone)
  4. (reflexive) to relinquish, leave (a position or post)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is démis, not *démettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with démi-, not *démetti-.

Conjugation of démettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple démettre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple démettant
/de.mɛ.tɑ̃/ or /de.me.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle démis
/de.mi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present démets
/de.mɛ/ 		démets
/de.mɛ/ 		démet
/de.mɛ/ 		démettons
/de.mɛ.tɔ̃/ or /de.me.tɔ̃/ 		démettez
/de.mɛ.te/ or /de.me.te/ 		démettent
/de.mɛt/
imperfect démettais
/de.mɛ.tɛ/ or /de.me.tɛ/ 		démettais
/de.mɛ.tɛ/ or /de.me.tɛ/ 		démettait
/de.mɛ.tɛ/ or /de.me.tɛ/ 		démettions
/de.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /de.me.tjɔ̃/ 		démettiez
/de.mɛ.tje/ or /de.me.tje/ 		démettaient
/de.mɛ.tɛ/ or /de.me.tɛ/
past historic2 démis
/de.mi/ 		démis
/de.mi/ 		démit
/de.mi/ 		démîmes
/de.mim/ 		démîtes
/de.mit/ 		démirent
/de.miʁ/
future démettrai
/de.mɛ.tʁe/ or /de.me.tʁe/ 		démettras
/de.mɛ.tʁa/ or /de.me.tʁa/ 		démettra
/de.mɛ.tʁa/ or /de.me.tʁa/ 		démettrons
/de.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /de.me.tʁɔ̃/ 		démettrez
/de.mɛ.tʁe/ or /de.me.tʁe/ 		démettront
/de.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /de.me.tʁɔ̃/
conditional démettrais
/de.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /de.me.tʁɛ/ 		démettrais
/de.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /de.me.tʁɛ/ 		démettrait
/de.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /de.me.tʁɛ/ 		démettrions
/de.mɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /de.me.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		démettriez
/de.mɛ.tʁi.je/ or /de.me.tʁi.je/ 		démettraient
/de.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /de.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 démette
/de.mɛt/ 		démettes
/de.mɛt/ 		démette
/de.mɛt/ 		démettions
/de.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /de.me.tjɔ̃/ 		démettiez
/de.mɛ.tje/ or /de.me.tje/ 		démettent
/de.mɛt/
imperfect2 démisse
/de.mis/ 		démisses
/de.mis/ 		démît
/de.mi/ 		démissions
/de.mi.sjɔ̃/ 		démissiez
/de.mi.sje/ 		démissent
/de.mis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — démets
/de.mɛ/ 		— démettons
/de.mɛ.tɔ̃/ or /de.me.tɔ̃/ 		démettez
/de.mɛ.te/ or /de.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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