prometre

See also: prometré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin prōmittere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [pɾuˈmɛ.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [pɾoˈmə.tɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [pɾoˈme.tɾe]

Verb

prometre (first-person singular present prometo, first-person singular preterite prometí, past participle promès); root stress: (Central) /ɛ/; (Valencia) /e/; (Balearic) /ə/

1. to promise
2. (reflexive) to promise oneself (in marriage)

Conjugation

infinitive			prometre
gerund			prometent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		promès		promesa
		plural		promesos		promeses
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prometo	promets	promet	prometem	prometeu	prometen
	imperfect	prometia	prometies	prometia	prometíem	prometíeu	prometien
	future	prometré	prometràs	prometrà	prometrem	prometreu	prometran
	preterite	prometí	prometeres	prometé	prometérem	prometéreu	prometeren
	conditional	prometria	prometries	prometria	prometríem	prometríeu	prometrien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	prometi	prometis	prometi	prometem	prometeu	prometin
	imperfect	prometés	prometessis	prometés	prometéssim	prometéssiu	prometessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	promet	prometi	prometem	prometeu	prometin
	negative (no)	—	no prometis	no prometi	no prometem	no prometeu	no prometin

    Conjugation of prometre (second conjugation, irregular)

Related terms

• metre

References

• “prometre” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “prometre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Old French

Alternative forms

• prametre

Etymology

Adaptation of Latin prōmittere, present active infinitive of prōmittō

Verb

prometre

1. to promise

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.

		simple			compound
infinitive		prometre			avoir promis
gerund		en prometant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		prometant
past participle		promis
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	promet	promez	promet	prometons	prometez	prometent
	imperfect	prometoie, prometeie	prometoies, prometeies	prometoit, prometeit	prometiiens, prometiens	prometiiez, prometiez	prometoient, prometeient
	preterite	promis	promeṣis	promist	promeṣimes	promeṣistes	promisdrent
	future	prometrai	prometras	prometra	prometrons	prometroiz, prometreiz, prometrez	prometront
	conditional	prometroie, prometreie	prometroies, prometreies	prometroit, prometreit	prometriiens, prometriens	prometriiez, prometriez	prometroient, prometreient
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	promete	prometes	promete	prometons	prometez	prometent
	imperfect	promeṣisse	promeṣisses	promeṣist	promeṣissons, promeṣissiens	promeṣissoiz, promeṣissez, promeṣissiez	promeṣissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	promet	—	prometons	prometez	—

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

Descendants

• French: promettre
• Norman: prometre