résument

Résument is a French verb form. It is the third-person plural present indicative of résumer, meaning that they summarize. It is used when the subject of the clause is plural and the action happens in the present. For example: Ils résument les conclusions du rapport.

Morphology and usage notes: Résument follows the standard conjugation pattern of regular -er verbs in the present tense. The full present-tense paradigm is: je résume, tu résumes, il résume, nous résumons, vous résumez, ils résument. The final -ent ending in the written form corresponds to the plural subject but is not pronounced as a separate sound in ordinary speech, yielding the pronunciation roughly [ʁe.zy.m].

Étymologie: Résumer derives from the prefix re- plus Latin sumere “to take,” with the sense shift toward taking together the main points again to produce a concise summary. The form résument reflects the same root as other present-tense forms of résumer.

Usage and register: The word is common in academic, journalistic, and formal writing where multiple subjects are described as summarizing information, findings, or arguments. It can pair with a direct object (a text, results, a report) and with an accompanying object marker like de or les depending on the construction. Related forms include résume (je résume, il résume) and résument les résultats, résument le texte, etc.

See also: résumer; résumé (noun), résumé (summary). The term résument itself does not imply any meaning beyond the act of summarizing by a plural subject in the present tense.