remporter

Remporter is a French verb with the core meanings of carrying something back and, more commonly, obtaining a victory or prize. In competitive or evaluative contexts, it is used to describe winning, securing a result, or bringing home a success. It can also denote recovering or reclaiming something, but the sense of triumph is the most common in modern usage. In everyday language, remporter often appears with nouns such as prix, victoire, titre, suffrages, or championnat.

Etymology and usage notes: remporter derives from re- plus porter, literally “to carry back.” The prefix re- conveys the idea of returning or achieving a result that is brought home. The verb is transitive and typically formed with the auxiliary avoir in compound tenses (par exemple, nous avons remporté le championnat).

Common usages and nuances: remporter is preferred for describing success or conquest in contests and votes, as in remporter un prix, remporter la victoire, remporter les suffrages, or remporter le championnat. It can also be used figuratively to mean gaining support or acceptance, as in remporter l’adhésion du public. Emporter, while overlapping in some contexts, emphasizes the physical act of carrying away or taking possession and is used when the emphasis is on movement or possession rather than on the act of winning.

Conjugation highlights: Present: je remporte, tu remportes, il remporte, nous remportons, vous remportez, ils remportent. Passé composé: j’ai remporté, tu as remporté, il a remporté, nous avons remporté, vous avez remporté, ils ont remporté. Other forms include imparfait: je remportais; futur: je remporterai; subjonctif: que je remporte. Participe passé: remporté.