tremper

See also: Tremper

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French tremper, a metathesis of Old French temprer, from Latin temperāre (“mix, moderate”). Doublet of tempérer, a borrowing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tʁɑ̃.pe/

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Verb

tremper

1. (transitive) to soak, to drench, to wet
2. (transitive) to dip, to dunk, to immerse
3. (transitive) to temper (metal), to harden

Conjugation

Conjugation of tremper (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	tremper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	trempant /tʁɑ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		trempé /tʁɑ̃.pe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	trempe /tʁɑ̃p/	trempes /tʁɑ̃p/	trempe /tʁɑ̃p/	trempons /tʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/	trempez /tʁɑ̃.pe/	trempent /tʁɑ̃p/
	imperfect	trempais /tʁɑ̃.pɛ/	trempais /tʁɑ̃.pɛ/	trempait /tʁɑ̃.pɛ/	trempions /tʁɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	trempiez /tʁɑ̃.pje/	trempaient /tʁɑ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	trempai /tʁɑ̃.pe/	trempas /tʁɑ̃.pa/	trempa /tʁɑ̃.pa/	trempâmes /tʁɑ̃.pam/	trempâtes /tʁɑ̃.pat/	trempèrent /tʁɑ̃.pɛʁ/
	future	tremperai /tʁɑ̃.pʁe/	tremperas /tʁɑ̃.pʁa/	trempera /tʁɑ̃.pʁa/	tremperons /tʁɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/	tremperez /tʁɑ̃.pʁe/	tremperont /tʁɑ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	tremperais /tʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	tremperais /tʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	tremperait /tʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/	tremperions /tʁɑ̃.pə.ʁjɔ̃/	tremperiez /tʁɑ̃.pə.ʁje/	tremperaient /tʁɑ̃.pʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	trempe /tʁɑ̃p/	trempes /tʁɑ̃p/	trempe /tʁɑ̃p/	trempions /tʁɑ̃.pjɔ̃/	trempiez /tʁɑ̃.pje/	trempent /tʁɑ̃p/
	imperfect2	trempasse /tʁɑ̃.pas/	trempasses /tʁɑ̃.pas/	trempât /tʁɑ̃.pa/	trempassions /tʁɑ̃.pa.sjɔ̃/	trempassiez /tʁɑ̃.pa.sje/	trempassent /tʁɑ̃.pas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	trempe /tʁɑ̃p/	—	trempons /tʁɑ̃.pɔ̃/	trempez /tʁɑ̃.pe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• tremper son biscuit

Related terms

• attremper
• tempérer
• trempé

Further reading

• “tremper”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Middle French

Etymology

Metathesis of Old French temprer.

Verb

tremper

1. to soak; to drench

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of tremper

infinitive	simple	tremper
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	trempant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		trempé
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	trempe	trempes	trempe	trempons	trempez	trempent
	imperfect	trempois, trempoys	trempois, trempoys	trempoit, trempoyt	trempions, trempyons	trempiez, trempyez	trempoient, trempoyent
	past historic	trempa	trempas	trempa	trempasmes	trempastes	tremperent
	future	tremperai, tremperay	tremperas	trempera	tremperons	tremperez	tremperont
	conditional	tremperois, tremperoys	tremperois, tremperoys	tremperoit, tremperoyt	tremperions, tremperyons	tremperiez, tremperyez	tremperoient, tremperoyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	trempe	trempes	trempe	trempons	trempez	trempent
	imperfect	trempasse	trempasses	trempast	trempassions	trempassiez	trempassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	trempe	—	trempons	trempez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: tremper

Norman

Etymology

Metathesis of Old French temprer (“to temper, moderate”), from Latin temperō, temperāre (“mix, moderate”, verb).

Pronunciation

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Verb

tremper

1. (Jersey) to dip