montrer
French
Etymology
From Middle French monstrer, from Old French monstrer, moustrer, mostrer (etc.), from Latin mōnstrāre, present active infinitive of mōnstrō. The forms montrer, monstrer were influenced by the original Latin word. Compare English muster, Italian mostrare, and Spanish mostrar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɔ̃.tʁe/
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Verb
montrer
- to show
- 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi
- Je rêve de plus me juger, car la vie me montre ce que je dois affronter.
- I dream of judging myself more, because life shows me what I must face.
- Montre-le-moi.
- Show it to me.
- 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi
- (reflexive) to display, to demonstrate one's characteristics
Conjugation
Conjugation of montrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | montrer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | montrant /mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | montré /mɔ̃.tʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | montre /mɔ̃tʁ/ | montres /mɔ̃tʁ/ | montre /mɔ̃tʁ/ | montrons /mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | montrez /mɔ̃.tʁe/ | montrent /mɔ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect | montrais /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | montrais /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | montrait /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | montrions /mɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | montriez /mɔ̃.tʁi.je/ | montraient /mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | montrai /mɔ̃.tʁe/ | montras /mɔ̃.tʁa/ | montra /mɔ̃.tʁa/ | montrâmes /mɔ̃.tʁam/ | montrâtes /mɔ̃.tʁat/ | montrèrent /mɔ̃.tʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | montrerai /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | montreras /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | montrera /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ | montrerons /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | montrerez /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ | montreront /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | montrerais /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | montrerais /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | montrerait /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ | montrerions /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ | montreriez /mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ | montreraient /mɔ̃.tʁə.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 | montre /mɔ̃tʁ/ | montres /mɔ̃tʁ/ | montre /mɔ̃tʁ/ | montrions /mɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | montriez /mɔ̃.tʁi.je/ | montrent /mɔ̃tʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | montrasse /mɔ̃.tʁas/ | montrasses /mɔ̃.tʁas/ | montrât /mɔ̃.tʁa/ | montrassions /mɔ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ | montrassiez /mɔ̃.tʁa.sje/ | montrassent /mɔ̃.tʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | montre /mɔ̃tʁ/ | — | montrons /mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | montrez /mɔ̃.tʁe/ | — | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- montre
- montrer du doigt
- montrer le bout de son nez
- montrer le poing
- montrer les dents
- montrer l'exemple
- montrer patte blanche
- montrer son vrai visage
- se montrer sous son meilleur jour
Further reading
- “montrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Verb
montrer
- Alternative form of mouontrer (“to show”)