French Conversation · Level 32
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French word
remettre
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁəmɛtʁ/
Meaning
- verbput back
Example
Peux-tu remettre le livre sur la table ?
Can you put the book back on the table?
More examples
Je vais remettre les clés à la réception.
I am going to hand the keys to reception.
Core concept
A thing moves back into its intended place, into another person's hands, or into a later time slot.
Common phrases
remettre quelque chose à quelqu'un
hand something to someone
remettre à plus tard
postpone until later
remettre sur la table
put back on the table
remettre en question
call into question
Similar words
rendre: Return something to its owner or original owner.
rapporter: Bring something back from one place to its original location.
déposer: Place something in a particular location.
donner: Give something to another person.
Definition in French
Remettre quelque chose en place, transmettre ou confier quelque chose à quelqu'un, ou remettre à plus tard une obligation ou un rendez-vous.
Word origin
The verb passed into French as Old French remettre from Latin remittere, formed with re- 'again' and mittere 'send', linking its modern return and transfer senses to an older idea of sending back.
Usage tips
- For a transfer, the pattern is remettre something à someone, while postponement commonly uses remettre something à a date or event.