admettre

French

Etymology

From Old French admettre, borrowed or adapted from classical Latin admittere, infinitive of admittō, based on French mettre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ad.mɛtʁ/
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Verb

admettre

  1. to admit, to accept, to recognize
  2. to admit (into), to accept (into) (a hospital or a university)

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is admis, not *admettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with admi-, not *admetti-.

Conjugation of admettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle admettant
/ad.mɛ.tɑ̃/
past participle admis
/ad.mi/
infinitive
simple admettre
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple admettant
/ad.mɛ.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present admets
/ad.mɛ/		 admets
/ad.mɛ/		 admet
/ad.mɛ/		 admettons
/ad.mɛ.tɔ̃/		 admettez
/ad.mɛ.te/		 admettent
/ad.mɛt/
imperfect admettais
/ad.mɛ.tɛ/		 admettais
/ad.mɛ.tɛ/		 admettait
/ad.mɛ.tɛ/		 admettions
/ad.mɛ.tjɔ̃/		 admettiez
/ad.mɛ.tje/		 admettaient
/ad.mɛ.tɛ/
past historic2 admis
/ad.mi/		 admis
/ad.mi/		 admit
/ad.mi/		 admîmes
/ad.mim/		 admîtes
/ad.mit/		 admirent
/ad.miʁ/
future admettrai
/ad.mɛ.tʁe/		 admettras
/ad.mɛ.tʁa/		 admettra
/ad.mɛ.tʁa/		 admettrons
/ad.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/		 admettrez
/ad.mɛ.tʁe/		 admettront
/ad.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/
conditional admettrais
/ad.mɛ.tʁɛ/		 admettrais
/ad.mɛ.tʁɛ/		 admettrait
/ad.mɛ.tʁɛ/		 admettrions
/ad.mɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/		 admettriez
/ad.mɛ.tʁi.je/		 admettraient
/ad.mɛ.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 admette
/ad.mɛt/		 admettes
/ad.mɛt/		 admette
/ad.mɛt/		 admettions
/ad.mɛ.tjɔ̃/		 admettiez
/ad.mɛ.tje/		 admettent
/ad.mɛt/
imperfect2 admisse
/ad.mis/		 admisses
/ad.mis/		 admît
/ad.mi/		 admissions
/ad.mi.sjɔ̃/		 admissiez
/ad.mi.sje/		 admissent
/ad.mis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — admets
/ad.mɛ/		 — admettons
/ad.mɛ.tɔ̃/		 admettez
/ad.mɛ.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed or adapted from Latin admitto, admittere, based on mettre, metre.

Verb

admettre

  1. to admit (to permit to enter)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of admettre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive admettre avoir admis
gerund en admettant Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle admettant
past participle admis
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present admet admez admet admettons admettez admettent
imperfect admettoie, admetteie admettoies, admetteies admettoit, admetteit admettiiens, admettiens admettiiez, admettiez admettoient, admetteient
preterite admis admeṣis admist admeṣimes admeṣistes admisdrent
future admettrai admettras admettra admettrons admettroiz, admettreiz, admettrez admettront
conditional admettroie, admettreie admettroies, admettreies admettroit, admettreit admettriiens, admettriens admettriiez, admettriez admettroient, admettreient
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 anterior Use the preterite 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 jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present admette admettes admette admettons admettez admettent
imperfect admeṣisse admeṣisses admeṣist admeṣissons, admeṣissiens admeṣissoiz, admeṣissez, admeṣissiez admeṣissent
compound
tenses		 past Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
pluperfect Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— admet — admettons admettez —

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