transmettre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin trānsmittō (“I transmit”), based on mettre.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tʁɑ̃s.mɛtʁ/ X-SAMPA: /tRA~s.mEtR/

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• Rhymes: -ɛtʁ

Verb

transmettre

1. (transitive) to transmit

Conjugation

• This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is transmis, not *transmettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with transmi-, not *transmetti-.

   Conjugation of transmettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		transmettre			avoir transmis
gerund		en transmettant			en ayant transmis
present participle		transmettant
past participle		transmis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	transmets	transmets	transmet	transmettons	transmettez	transmettent
	imperfect	transmettais	transmettais	transmettait	transmettions	transmettiez	transmettaient
	past historic1	transmis	transmis	transmit	transmîmes	transmîtes	transmirent
	future	transmettrai	transmettras	transmettra	transmettrons	transmettrez	transmettront
	conditional	transmettrais	transmettrais	transmettrait	transmettrions	transmettriez	transmettraient
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 anterior1	Use the past historic 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 je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	transmette	transmettes	transmette	transmettions	transmettiez	transmettent
	imperfect1	transmisse	transmisses	transmît	transmissions	transmissiez	transmissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	transmets	—	transmettons	transmettez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• transmetteur
• transmission