remémorer

See also: rememorer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rememorārī, partially displacing inherited Old French remembrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁe/

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Verb

remémorer

1. to memorize
2. (reflexive, se remémorer) to remember

Conjugation

Conjugation of remémorer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	remémorer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	remémorant /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		remémoré /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	remémore /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/	remémores /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/	remémore /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/	remémorons /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁɔ̃/	remémorez /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁe/	remémorent /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/
	imperfect	remémorais /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁɛ/	remémorais /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁɛ/	remémorait /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁɛ/	remémorions /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	remémoriez /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁje/	remémoraient /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	remémorai /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁe/	remémoras /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁa/	remémora /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁa/	remémorâmes /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁam/	remémorâtes /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁat/	remémorèrent /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁɛʁ/
	future	remémorerai /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	remémoreras /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	remémorera /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁa/	remémorerons /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	remémorerez /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁe/	remémoreront /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	remémorerais /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	remémorerais /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	remémorerait /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁɛ/	remémorerions /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	remémoreriez /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.ʁje/	remémoreraient /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁə.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	remémore /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/	remémores /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/	remémore /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/	remémorions /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁjɔ̃/	remémoriez /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁje/	remémorent /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/
	imperfect2	remémorasse /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁas/	remémorasses /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁas/	remémorât /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁa/	remémorassions /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	remémorassiez /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁa.sje/	remémorassent /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	remémore /ʁə.me.mɔʁ/	—	remémorons /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁɔ̃/	remémorez /ʁə.me.mɔ.ʁe/	—
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “remémorer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.