remâter

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ mâter.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ma.te/, /ʁə.mɑ.te/
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Verb

remâter

  1. (transitive, nautical) to remast
    • 1793, W. Hunter, C. Wolf, A. Eschelskroon, Description du Pégu et de l'isle de Ceylan‎, page 31:
      Le vaisseau que je montois ayant été totalement désemparé, il fallut entrer dans la rivière de Syriam pour le remâter.
      The ship that I boarded having been totally disabled, it was necessary to enter the Syriam river to remast it.
    • 1929, Marcel Prévost, Joseph Bédier, Raymond Recouly, La Revue de France‎, page 376:
      Il remâtera ses vaisseaux avec les mâtures des frégates, ses frégates avec les mâtures des transports, et ceux-ci, à leur tour, avec des agrès de fortune.
      He will remast his ships with the masts of the frigates, his frigates with the masts of the transporters, and these, in turn, with makeshift gear.
    • 2006, Robert Solé, Le grand voyage de l'obélisque‎, →ISBN, page 120:
      En trente-six heures, le navire est remâté, regréé et déchargé de tout poids inutile.
      In thirty-six hours, the ship is remasted, rerigged and unloaded of any unnecessary weight.

Conjugation
Conjugation of remâter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple remâter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple remâtant
/ʁə.ma.tɑ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle remâté
/ʁə.ma.te/ or /ʁə.mɑ.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present remâte
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/		 remâtes
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/		 remâte
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/		 remâtons
/ʁə.ma.tɔ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tɔ̃/		 remâtez
/ʁə.ma.te/ or /ʁə.mɑ.te/		 remâtent
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/
imperfect remâtais
/ʁə.ma.tɛ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tɛ/		 remâtais
/ʁə.ma.tɛ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tɛ/		 remâtait
/ʁə.ma.tɛ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tɛ/		 remâtions
/ʁə.ma.tjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tjɔ̃/		 remâtiez
/ʁə.ma.tje/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tje/		 remâtaient
/ʁə.ma.tɛ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tɛ/
past historic2 remâtai
/ʁə.ma.te/ or /ʁə.mɑ.te/		 remâtas
/ʁə.ma.ta/ or /ʁə.mɑ.ta/		 remâta
/ʁə.ma.ta/ or /ʁə.mɑ.ta/		 remâtâmes
/ʁə.ma.tam/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tam/		 remâtâtes
/ʁə.ma.tat/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tat/		 remâtèrent
/ʁə.ma.tɛʁ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tɛʁ/
future remâterai
/ʁə.ma.tʁe/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁe/		 remâteras
/ʁə.ma.tʁa/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁa/		 remâtera
/ʁə.ma.tʁa/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁa/		 remâterons
/ʁə.ma.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁɔ̃/		 remâterez
/ʁə.ma.tʁe/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁe/		 remâteront
/ʁə.ma.tʁɔ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional remâterais
/ʁə.ma.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁɛ/		 remâterais
/ʁə.ma.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁɛ/		 remâterait
/ʁə.ma.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁɛ/		 remâterions
/ʁə.ma.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 remâteriez
/ʁə.ma.tə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tə.ʁje/		 remâteraient
/ʁə.ma.tʁɛ/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tʁɛ/
(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 remâte
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/		 remâtes
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/		 remâte
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/		 remâtions
/ʁə.ma.tjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tjɔ̃/		 remâtiez
/ʁə.ma.tje/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tje/		 remâtent
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/
imperfect2 remâtasse
/ʁə.ma.tas/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tas/		 remâtasses
/ʁə.ma.tas/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tas/		 remâtât
/ʁə.ma.ta/ or /ʁə.mɑ.ta/		 remâtassions
/ʁə.ma.ta.sjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.ta.sjɔ̃/		 remâtassiez
/ʁə.ma.ta.sje/ or /ʁə.mɑ.ta.sje/		 remâtassent
/ʁə.ma.tas/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — remâte
/ʁə.mat/ or /ʁə.mɑt/		 — remâtons
/ʁə.ma.tɔ̃/ or /ʁə.mɑ.tɔ̃/		 remâtez
/ʁə.ma.te/ or /ʁə.mɑ.te/		 —
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).

Derived terms
  • remâtage
  • remâtement

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