remettent

Remettent is the third-person plural present indicative form of the French verb remettre. Remettre has several related senses, including to put back in its place, to postpone or defer, to hand over or deliver to someone, to restore to a previous state, and to set something again in working order.

Etymology: Remettre comes from the prefix re- meaning “again” attached to mettre, which itself derives from Latin mittere “to send” or “to put.” The sense of returning something to its prior position or time is central to its usage in many contexts.

Conjugation: In the present tense, the full paradigm is je remets, tu remets, il/elle remet, nous remettons, vous remettez, ils/elles remettent. The form remettent specifically marks the third-person plural subject.

Usage: Remettre is versatile. Examples include: ils remettent le livre sur l’étagère (they put the book back); ils remettent la réunion à demain (they postpone the meeting); ils remettent le colis au client (they deliver/hand over the package to the client); ils remettent les horloges à l’heure (they set the clocks to the correct time); ils remettent le dossier au responsable (they hand over the file to the supervisor). The construction remettre à + date or à + infinitive is common for deferral, as in remettre à plus tard (to put off until later).

Notes: Remettre forms a family with remise (a noun meaning grant, discount, or delivery) and is often used with prepositional phrases to specify the action, time, or recipient.