remercier
French
Etymology
From re- + merci + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/
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Verb
remercier
- to thank (someone)
- (euphemistic) to fire (an employee)
Conjugation
Conjugation of remercier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | remercier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | remerciant /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | remercié /ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | remercie /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ | remercies /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ | remercie /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ | remercions /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | remerciez /ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/ | remercient /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ |
imperfect | remerciais /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛ/ | remerciais /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛ/ | remerciait /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛ/ | remerciions /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.jɔ̃/ | remerciiez /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.je/ | remerciaient /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛ/ | |
past historic2 | remerciai /ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/ | remercias /ʁə.mɛʁ.sja/ | remercia /ʁə.mɛʁ.sja/ | remerciâmes /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjam/ | remerciâtes /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjat/ | remercièrent /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛʁ/ | |
future | remercierai /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁe/ | remercieras /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁa/ | remerciera /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁa/ | remercierons /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ | remercierez /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁe/ | remercieront /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | remercierais /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ | remercierais /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ | remercierait /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ | remercierions /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ | remercieriez /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁje/ | remercieraient /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.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 | remercie /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ | remercies /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ | remercie /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ | remerciions /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.jɔ̃/ | remerciiez /ʁə.mɛʁ.si.je/ | remercient /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ |
imperfect2 | remerciasse /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjas/ | remerciasses /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjas/ | remerciât /ʁə.mɛʁ.sja/ | remerciassions /ʁə.mɛʁ.sja.sjɔ̃/ | remerciassiez /ʁə.mɛʁ.sja.sje/ | remerciassent /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | remercie /ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ | — | remercions /ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ | remerciez /ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/ | — | |
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
- remerciement
Further reading
- “remercier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.