remercier

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ merci +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/
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Verb

remercier

  1. to thank (someone)
  2. (euphemistic) to fire (an employee)

Conjugation

Conjugation of remercier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple remercier
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple remerciant
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle remercié
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present remercie
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ 		remercies
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ 		remercie
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ 		remercions
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		remerciez
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/ 		remercient
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/
imperfect remerciais
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛ/ 		remerciais
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛ/ 		remerciait
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛ/ 		remerciions
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.jɔ̃/ 		remerciiez
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.je/ 		remerciaient
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛ/
past historic2 remerciai
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/ 		remercias
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sja/ 		remercia
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sja/ 		remerciâmes
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjam/ 		remerciâtes
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjat/ 		remercièrent
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɛʁ/
future remercierai
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁe/ 		remercieras
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁa/ 		remerciera
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁa/ 		remercierons
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/ 		remercierez
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁe/ 		remercieront
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɔ̃/
conditional remercierais
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ 		remercierais
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ 		remercierait
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁɛ/ 		remercierions
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁjɔ̃/ 		remercieriez
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.ʁje/ 		remercieraient
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.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 remercie
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ 		remercies
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ 		remercie
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ 		remerciions
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.jɔ̃/ 		remerciiez
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si.je/ 		remercient
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/
imperfect2 remerciasse
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjas/ 		remerciasses
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjas/ 		remerciât
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sja/ 		remerciassions
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sja.sjɔ̃/ 		remerciassiez
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sja.sje/ 		remerciassent
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — remercie
/ʁə.mɛʁ.si/ 		— remercions
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sjɔ̃/ 		remerciez
/ʁə.mɛʁ.sje/ 		—
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).

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