admettre
French, verb/ad.mɛtʁ/
admettre is a French verb meaning “to admit, to accept, to recognize” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Recevoir par choix, faveur ou condescendance”.
What does admettre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to admit, to accept, to recognize
- 2
to admit (into), to accept (into) (a hospital or a university)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Recevoir par choix, faveur ou condescendance. 2. Reconnaître pour véritable. 3. Autoriser ; permettre. 4. Accepter l'accès ou la présence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of admettre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- admettant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- admis participle past
- admets first-person indicative present
- admet indicative present singular
- admettons first-person indicative plural
- admettez indicative plural present
- admettent indicative plural present
- admettais first-person imperfect indicative
- admettait imperfect indicative singular
- admettions first-person imperfect indicative
- admettiez imperfect indicative plural
- admettaient imperfect indicative plural
- admit historic indicative past
- admîmes first-person historic indicative
- admîtes historic indicative past
- admirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce admettre?
- /ad.mɛtʁ/
- \ad.mɛtʁ\
- [ad.mɛtʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to admettre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is admettre in French?
admettre appears 17 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).