remonter
French
Etymology
From re- + monter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/
Audio (file)
Verb
remonter
- to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb
- (of temperature, water level etc) to rise again, to go up again
- (of clothing) to go up, to ride up
- to go back, to return
- remonter le fil du temps ― to go back in time
- to go back, to date back, to hearken back (à to)
- to take back up, to bring back up, to put back up
- to get back in, to get back on, to get back onboard
- to turn back up
- (of a clock) to wind up
Usage notes
- This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence:
- il a remonté son pantalon
- he pulled his pants back up
- elle est remontée par la colline
- she came back up by the hill
Conjugation
Conjugation of remonter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | remonter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | remontant /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | remonté /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ | remontes /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ | remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ | remontons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ | remontez /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/ | remontent /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect | remontais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/ | remontais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/ | remontait /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/ | remontions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ | remontiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tje/ | remontaient /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | remontai /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/ | remontas /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/ | remonta /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/ | remontâmes /ʁə.mɔ̃.tam/ | remontâtes /ʁə.mɔ̃.tat/ | remontèrent /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | remonterai /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁe/ | remonteras /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁa/ | remontera /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁa/ | remonterons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | remonterez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁe/ | remonteront /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | remonterais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | remonterais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | remonterait /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | remonterions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | remonteriez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/ | remonteraient /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ | remontes /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ | remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ | remontions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/ | remontiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tje/ | remontent /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ |
| imperfect2 | remontasse /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/ | remontasses /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/ | remontât /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/ | remontassions /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/ | remontassiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta.sje/ | remontassent /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/ | — | remontons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/ | remontez /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle | simple imperative of avoir or être + 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
- remonter la pente
- remonter le moral
- remonter les bretelles
- remonter le temps
Further reading
- “remonter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Alternative forms
- remounter (Anglo-Norman)
- remunter (Anglo-Norman)
Verb
remonter
- to remount
- to restore (to improve something back to its original or former state)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of remonter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | remonter | avoir remonté | |||||
| gerund | en remontant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | remontant | ||||||
| past participle | remonté | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses | present | remont | remontes | remonte | remontons | remontez | remontent |
| imperfect | remontoie, remonteie, remontoe, remonteve | remontoies, remonteies, remontoes, remonteves | remontoit, remonteit, remontot, remonteve | remontiiens, remontiens | remontiiez, remontiez | remontoient, remonteient, remontoent, remontevent | |
| preterite | remontai | remontas | remonta | remontames | remontastes | remonterent | |
| future | remonterai | remonteras | remontera | remonterons | remonteroiz, remontereiz, remonterez | remonteront | |
| conditional | remonteroie, remontereie | remonteroies, remontereies | remonteroit, remontereit | remonteriiens, remonteriens | remonteriiez, remonteriez | remonteroient, remontereient | |
| compound tenses | present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses | present | remont | remonz | remont | remontons | remontez | remontent |
| imperfect | remontasse | remontasses | remontast | remontissons, remontissiens | remontissoiz, remontissez, remontissiez | remontassent | |
| compound tenses | past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | remonte | — | remontons | remontez | — | ||
Descendants
- → English: remount
- French: remonter
References
- remunter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub