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montrer

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French monstrer, from Old French monstrer, semi-learned form of older moustrer, mostrer, from Latin mōnstrāre. Cognate with Spanish mostrar, Italian mostrare, English muster.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mɔ̃.tʁe/
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Verb

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montrer

  1. to show
    Montre-le-moi.
    Show it to me.
    • 2018, Zaz, Résigne-moi:
      Je rêve de plus me juger, car la vie me montre ce que je dois affronter.
      I dream of judging myself more, because life shows me what I must face.
  2. (reflexive) to display, to demonstrate one's characteristics

Conjugation

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Conjugation of montrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple montrer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple montrant
/mɔ̃.tʁɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle montré
/mɔ̃.tʁe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present montre
/mɔ̃tʁ/ 		montres
/mɔ̃tʁ/ 		montre
/mɔ̃tʁ/ 		montrons
/mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		montrez
/mɔ̃.tʁe/ 		montrent
/mɔ̃tʁ/
imperfect montrais
/mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		montrais
/mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		montrait
/mɔ̃.tʁɛ/ 		montrions
/mɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		montriez
/mɔ̃.tʁi.je/ 		montraient
/mɔ̃.tʁɛ/
past historic2 montrai
/mɔ̃.tʁe/ 		montras
/mɔ̃.tʁa/ 		montra
/mɔ̃.tʁa/ 		montrâmes
/mɔ̃.tʁam/ 		montrâtes
/mɔ̃.tʁat/ 		montrèrent
/mɔ̃.tʁɛʁ/
future montrerai
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ 		montreras
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ 		montrera
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁa/ 		montrerons
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ 		montrerez
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁe/ 		montreront
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional montrerais
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		montrerais
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		montrerait
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁɛ/ 		montrerions
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		montreriez
/mɔ̃.tʁə.ʁje/ 		montreraient
/mɔ̃.tʁə.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 montre
/mɔ̃tʁ/ 		montres
/mɔ̃tʁ/ 		montre
/mɔ̃tʁ/ 		montrions
/mɔ̃.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		montriez
/mɔ̃.tʁi.je/ 		montrent
/mɔ̃tʁ/
imperfect2 montrasse
/mɔ̃.tʁas/ 		montrasses
/mɔ̃.tʁas/ 		montrât
/mɔ̃.tʁa/ 		montrassions
/mɔ̃.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ 		montrassiez
/mɔ̃.tʁa.sje/ 		montrassent
/mɔ̃.tʁas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — montre
/mɔ̃tʁ/ 		— montrons
/mɔ̃.tʁɔ̃/ 		montrez
/mɔ̃.tʁe/ 		—
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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Verb

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montrer

  1. Alternative form of mouontrer (“to show”)
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