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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