promettre

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French prometre, an early borrowing from Latin promittere, adapted to or based on French mettre. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/ === Verb === promettre to promise Je te promets que je te rendrai ton argent avant dimanche. ― I promise I'll give you your money back before Sunday. J'ai promis à mon père de ne rien dire à ma mère. ― I promised my dad not to tell my mom. (reflexive) to promise oneself (intransitive) to be promising, to be hopeful C'est une athlète qui promet. ― She is a promising athlete. Ça promet ! ― That bodes well! (ditransitive reflexive) to hope (for) 2018, Zaz, on s'en remet jamais (reflexive) to resolve (to) ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is promis, not *promettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with promi-, not *prometti-. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== mettre === Further reading === “promettre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Norman == === Etymology === From Old French prometre, an early borrowing from Latin prōmittō, prōmittere (“send forth; promise”). === Verb === promettre (Jersey) to promise