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mettre
/mɛtʁ/
to put
Mets ton manteau, il fait froid.
Put on your coat, it's cold.
general
To put or place something somewhere.
Mets ton manteau, il fait froid.
Put on your coat, it's cold.
Conjugated: je mets, tu mets, il met, nous mettons, vous mettez, ils mettent.
general
To put on clothing or to take time (mettre du temps).
Elle met toujours une heure à se préparer.
She always takes an hour to get ready.
Mettre + time = to take (time).
general
As pronominal se mettre à, means to start doing.
Il s'est mis à pleuvoir.
It started raining.
Collocations
mettre la tableto set the tablese mettre àto start (doing)
Word Origin
From Latin mittere (to send, to put).
Dictionnaire Français-Anglais