commettez

Commettez is a form of the French verb commettre, meaning to commit or to perpetrate, and serves as the present-tense second-person plural form (vous) as well as the affirmative imperative form for you plural. In ordinary usage, commettez is found in statements about actions being performed, especially when describing a fault or an act that is being carried out.

Etymology and meaning: The verb commettre comes from the Latin committere, formed from the prefix com- and mittere (to send or to let). In modern French, the sense most commonly occurs in contexts such as committing a crime (commettre un délit) or committing an error (commettre une faute). The sense of entrusting or consigning is largely historical in this verb’s current usage.

Conjugation: In the present tense, the forms are je commets, tu commets, il/elle commet, nous commettons, vous commettez, ils/elles commettent. The imperative for vous is commettez, and the imperative forms are (tu) commets, (nous) commettons, (vous) commettez. The verb follows the standard -re verb conjugation pattern with the double consonants in certain forms.

Usage notes: Commettez is primarily used for actions that are performed or perpetrated, especially in formal, legal, or descriptive writing. It is common in expressions like “Vous commettez une erreur” (You are committing an error) or “commettre un délit.” It is not typically used to express personal commitment or obligation; other verbs such as s’engager à or prendre des engagements are used for that meaning.