émettez

Émettez is a French verb form derived from émettre. It functions as the second-person plural present indicative (you emit / you are emitting) and, in the imperative mood, as the formal or plural command “Emit!”. The spelling is identical in both uses; context and punctuation indicate the grammatical function.

Etymology and origin: Émettre comes from Latin emittere, formed from ex- “out” + mittere “to send.” In French, the verb appeared as emettre in older stages and later acquired the modern form émettre. The present tense forms preserve the root émet- with distinct endings for each subject.

Usage and meaning: Émettre covers the act of sending out or broadcasting something, whether tangible or intangible. It can refer to physical emissions such as heat, gas, light, or radio waves, as well as to more abstract outputs like a hypothesis, an opinion, or doubts. Common collocations include émettre une hypothèse (to propose a hypothesis), émettre une opinion (to express an opinion), émettre des doutes (to voice doubts), and émettre des signaux (to emit signals). In technical contexts, it often relates to equipment or systems that produce or broadcast energy or information, such as une émission radio ou un émetteur.

Conjugation basics: In the present tense, the forms are j'émets, tu émets, il émet, nous émettons, vous émettez, ils émettent. The imperative form for the second person plural is Émettez, spelled with double t, identical in form to the present indicative vous form. This dual use is a characteristic trait of certain French -mettre verbs.