remuer

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French

Etymology

From re- +‎ muer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.mɥe/
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Verb

remuer

  1. to move (lips, head, arms, etc.)
  2. to wag (a tail)
    • 2016, Gaël Faye, Petit Pays [Small Country]:
      Le chien […] n’avait pas de queue, alors il remuait l’arrière-train pour signifier qu’il était content.
      The dog didn't have a tail, so it wagged its hindquarters to show it was happy.
  3. to twitch, flick
  4. to swing (one's arms)
  5. to move, shift (an object)
  6. to stir (a drink), stir up (sand etc.); to toss (salad), turn over (earth)
  7. to move (emotionally)
  8. (reflexive) to move (about)

Conjugation

Conjugation of remuer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple remuer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple remuant
/ʁə.mɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle remué
/ʁə.mɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present remue
/ʁə.my/ 		remues
/ʁə.my/ 		remue
/ʁə.my/ 		remuons
/ʁə.mɥɔ̃/ 		remuez
/ʁə.mɥe/ 		remuent
/ʁə.my/
imperfect remuais
/ʁə.mɥɛ/ 		remuais
/ʁə.mɥɛ/ 		remuait
/ʁə.mɥɛ/ 		remuions
/ʁə.my.jɔ̃/ 		remuiez
/ʁə.my.je/ 		remuaient
/ʁə.mɥɛ/
past historic2 remuai
/ʁə.mɥe/ 		remuas
/ʁə.mɥa/ 		remua
/ʁə.mɥa/ 		remuâmes
/ʁə.mɥam/ 		remuâtes
/ʁə.mɥat/ 		remuèrent
/ʁə.mɥɛʁ/
future remuerai
/ʁə.my.ʁe/ 		remueras
/ʁə.my.ʁa/ 		remuera
/ʁə.my.ʁa/ 		remuerons
/ʁə.my.ʁɔ̃/ 		remuerez
/ʁə.my.ʁe/ 		remueront
/ʁə.my.ʁɔ̃/
conditional remuerais
/ʁə.my.ʁɛ/ 		remuerais
/ʁə.my.ʁɛ/ 		remuerait
/ʁə.my.ʁɛ/ 		remuerions
/ʁə.my.ʁjɔ̃/ 		remueriez
/ʁə.my.ʁje/ 		remueraient
/ʁə.my.ʁɛ/
(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 remue
/ʁə.my/ 		remues
/ʁə.my/ 		remue
/ʁə.my/ 		remuions
/ʁə.my.jɔ̃/ 		remuiez
/ʁə.my.je/ 		remuent
/ʁə.my/
imperfect2 remuasse
/ʁə.mɥas/ 		remuasses
/ʁə.mɥas/ 		remuât
/ʁə.mɥa/ 		remuassions
/ʁə.mɥa.sjɔ̃/ 		remuassiez
/ʁə.mɥa.sje/ 		remuassent
/ʁə.mɥas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — remue
/ʁə.my/ 		— remuons
/ʁə.mɥɔ̃/ 		remuez
/ʁə.mɥe/ 		—
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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