French Conversation · Level 63
76 words
French word
remonter
Pronunciation
IPA/ʁəmɔ̃te/
Meaning
- verbgo upstream
Example
Nous avons remonté la rivière en kayak.
We kayaked up the river.
More examples
La police a remonté la piste jusqu'à un témoin clé.
The police traced the trail to a key witness.
Core concept
A movement back along a route toward an earlier point, like an arrow traveling upstream or into the past.
Common phrases
remonter la piste
trace the trail
remonter jusqu'à la source
trace back to the source
Similar words
monter: Moving upward from a lower place or level.
revenir: Returning to the starting place or original position.
Definition in French
Revenir en direction d'un point antérieur, par exemple remonter une rivière ou retracer une chronologie.
Word origin
French remonter combines the prefix re- with monter, which comes through Old French from Latin montare, related to mons, montis, 'mountain'.
Usage tips
- With a river, remonter takes a direct object in remonter la rivière, while time is commonly expressed with dans, as in remonter dans le temps.
Other meanings
- go upverb
- cheer upverb
- wind upverb
Opposites
- descendredescendverb
Related words
- remontéeascentnoun
- remonte-penteski liftnoun