remonter

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ monter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/

• Audio:

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Verb

remonter

1. to go back up, to come back up, to climb again, to reclimb
2. (of temperature, water level etc) to rise again, to go up again
3. (of clothing) to go up, to ride up
4. to go back, to return

   remonter le fil du temps ― to go back in time

5. to go back, to date back, to hearken back (à to)
6. to take back up, to bring back up, to put back up
7. to get back in, to get back on, to get back onboard
8. to turn back up
9. (of a clock) to wind up

Usage notes

• This verb uses the auxiliary verb avoir when used transitively (or with a transitive sense, even when the complement is omitted); otherwise (when it is intransitive), it uses être. Hence:

  il a remonté son pantalon

  he pulled his pants back up

  elle est remontée par la colline

  she came back up by the hill

Conjugation

Conjugation of remonter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	remonter
	compound	avoir or être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	remontant /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		remonté /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/	remontes /ʁə.mɔ̃t/	remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/	remontons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/	remontez /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/	remontent /ʁə.mɔ̃t/
	imperfect	remontais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/	remontais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/	remontait /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/	remontions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/	remontiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tje/	remontaient /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛ/
	past historic2	remontai /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/	remontas /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/	remonta /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/	remontâmes /ʁə.mɔ̃.tam/	remontâtes /ʁə.mɔ̃.tat/	remontèrent /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɛʁ/
	future	remonterai /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁe/	remonteras /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁa/	remontera /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁa/	remonterons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/	remonterez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁe/	remonteront /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	remonterais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/	remonterais /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/	remonterait /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/	remonterions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	remonteriez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tə.ʁje/	remonteraient /ʁə.mɔ̃.tʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir or être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir or être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir or être + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir or être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir or être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/	remontes /ʁə.mɔ̃t/	remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/	remontions /ʁə.mɔ̃.tjɔ̃/	remontiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.tje/	remontent /ʁə.mɔ̃t/
	imperfect2	remontasse /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/	remontasses /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/	remontât /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta/	remontassions /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/	remontassiez /ʁə.mɔ̃.ta.sje/	remontassent /ʁə.mɔ̃.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir or être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	remonte /ʁə.mɔ̃t/	—	remontons /ʁə.mɔ̃.tɔ̃/	remontez /ʁə.mɔ̃.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir or être + past participle	simple imperative of avoir or être + 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

• remonter la pente
• remonter le moral
• remonter le temps
• remonter les bretelles

 

Further reading

• “remonter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Old French

Alternative forms

• remounter (Anglo-Norman)
• remunter (Anglo-Norman)

Verb

remonter

1. to remount
2. to restore (to improve something back to its original or former state)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of remonter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		remonter			avoir remonté
gerund		en remontant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		remontant
past participle		remonté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	remont	remontes	remonte	remontons	remontez	remontent
	imperfect	remontoie, remonteie, remontoe, remonteve	remontoies, remonteies, remontoes, remonteves	remontoit, remonteit, remontot, remonteve	remontiiens, remontiens	remontiiez, remontiez	remontoient, remonteient, remontoent, remontevent
	preterite	remontai	remontas	remonta	remontames	remontastes	remonterent
	future	remonterai	remonteras	remontera	remonterons	remonteroiz, remontereiz, remonterez	remonteront
	conditional	remonteroie, remontereie	remonteroies, remontereies	remonteroit, remontereit	remonteriiens, remonteriens	remonteriiez, remonteriez	remonteroient, remontereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	remont	remonz	remont	remontons	remontez	remontent
	imperfect	remontasse	remontasses	remontast	remontissons, remontissiens	remontissoiz, remontissez, remontissiez	remontassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	remonte	—	remontons	remontez	—

Descendants

• → English: remount
• French: remonter

References

• remunter on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub